It moves at an extremely high speed, completing a full circuit around the planet in about five Earth days—much faster than the planet's own 243-day rotation. The Venus Cloud Discontinuity is ...

A day on Venus is the equivalent in time as 243 Earth days. A year, on the other hand, equates to 225 days on Earth. “That means that a day on Venus is a little longer than a year on Venus ...

Launching any interplanetary mission is difficult, but aerobraking at Venus is a particular challenge. From the fast rotation of parts of the atmosphere to the effects of solar activity ...

What's more, the mission discovered that the planet's rotation is slowing down, while its clouds are speeding up. Venus crosses in front of the sun during rare event NASA's Solar Dynamics ...

Schematic illustration on how the super-rotation of Venus' atmosphere is maintained. In the cloud layer of Venus, a vertical and north-south circulation, called the meridional circulation ...

Venus is the only oddball that pirouettes clockwise. Scientists discovered Venus’ retrograde rotation after pelting the planet with ground-based, cloud-penetrating radar waves in the 1960s.

Venus rotates much more slowly than Earth ... with hurricane-force winds blowing in the opposite direction of the planet's rotation. About 75 miles (120 km) above the surface, strong winds ...

Schematic illustration on how the super-rotation of Venus' atmosphere is maintained. In the cloud layer of Venus, a vertical and north-south circulation, called the meridional circulation ...