Venus, the second planet from the sun, is blanketed by an extremely thick, dense atmosphere — the densest terrestrial atmosphere in the solar system, according to The Planetary Society.

When Venus Express is far away from the planet, it is pulled off course slightly by the Sun’s gravity. So, every 40-50 days, its engines must be fired to compensate.

Venus’ atmosphere rotates so much faster than the planet and in such a uniform direction that the waves could persist for a long time. Science News sponsorship position.

Venus, shrouded in mystery, stands out with its toxic atmosphere and retrograde rotation, spinning in the opposite direction to most planets. A Venusi ...

The closest planet to the Sun, Mercury, is known for its speed. The second planet from the Sun, Venus, could very well be known as its exact opposite. It takes this burning hot planet 243 Earth ...

Venus' volatile atmosphere expands in the sun, creating a low pressure area that drives strong winds around the planet. Image by NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory-Caltech Venus is Earth’s sister ...

(Image credit: JAXA) Venus' dense and stormy atmosphere is the cause why a day on the scorching planet is longer than a year, a new study suggests. Venus is a strange and inhospitable world.

Japan's Himawari-8 and Himawari-9 satellites, designed to study weather here on Earth, have also been quietly collecting ...

Mars has a cold, desert-like climate with a thin atmosphere that supports extreme temperature variations, from highs of 68 °F ...

The results appear in the 29 November issue of the scientific journal Nature, in the papers: ‘A warm layer in Venus’ cryosphere and high-altitude measurements of HF, HCL, H2O and HDO, by J-L ...

The potential discovery of phosphine in Venus's atmosphere last year made headlines around the world. On Earth, phosphine is produced by living things. Any detection of it inside another planet's ...