Perplexing planet Enter the Japanese spacecraft Akatsuki, which was launched on May 20, 2010. The spacecraft is designed to study the structure and activity of the Venus atmosphere. After a ...

In an unexpected twist, two Earth-based weather satellites, Himawari-8 and Himawari-9, have provided invaluable data on Venus ...

Huge Mysterious Structure Spotted On VenusImages taken over four days from Akatsuki showed the wave staying in roughly the same place. ©Planet-C On Venus, a westerly wind blows up to 60 times ...

Venus is a planet similar in size to the Earth. Nevertheless, it is quite different in other aspects. On the one hand, it spins very slowly on its axis, taking 224 terrestrial days and, moreover ...

"We believe that continuing such activities will further expand our horizon in the field of planetary science." ...

Venus Express will eventually manoeuvre itself into orbit around Venus in order to perform a detailed study of the structure, chemistry and dynamics of the planet’s atmosphere, which is ...

Incidentally, this lack of argon-40 in Venus' atmosphere also probably explains why the planet has never had oceans. This is because the decaying potassium-40 that produces argon-40 exists within ...

Venus as seen from the International Space Station in 2015. Image: NASA/JAXA It’s hot. It’s toxic. It spins backwards and is covered in volcanoes. And we’re headed there soon.

Geological activity under Venus’s “squishy” outer shell may be resurfacing our neighbouring planet, keeping its surface youthful and fresh. This is the conclusion of a new study undertaken ...

Venus Express will eventually manoeuvre itself into orbit around Venus in order to perform a detailed study of the structure, chemistry and dynamics of the planet's atmosphere, which is ...