Venus is a desolate scorching world on which no life can exist. Yet if it can be cooled down, there is no other planet we ...

Scientists from MIT explore how life could exist without water, using ionic liquids in extreme planetary environments.

Alien life could exist on hot, rocky planets, sustained not by water but by a type of salty fluid, new research suggests.

Venus is getting a full makeover. NASA is launching VERITAS to map volcanoes and tectonics, while DAVINCI dives into the atmosphere to sample gases and image ancient surface patterns. On top of that, ...

On August 12, 2025, you will experience something so deeply personal that you will wonder what is happening in your life.

New simulations suggest that up to four of the solar system's rocky planets, including Earth and a long-lost world, once ...

Are you ready for one of the luckiest transits of the year? Venus will conjunct Jupiter in Cancer on Aug. 12, expanding ...

Travel through time to witness some of the most remarkable episodes in our solar system's history, uncovering its ancient ...

Another (and, in our view, more important) source of energy for life on Iceheim is the heat coming from its core, underneath ...

Without enough liquid water on the surface, a planet's atmosphere can become choked with carbon dioxide, raising temperatures to a level beyond what is survivable for all known life ...

Although temperatures on the surface of the planet are around 450C, about 50km (31 miles) up it can range from 30C to 70C, with an atmospheric pressure similar to Earth's surface.