Massive lava-carved tunnels have been confirmed beneath the surface of Venus, providing the strongest evidence yet that the ...

It has been suggested that lava tubes - underground tunnels carved out by molten rock - might be on Venus, and now we have ...

Scientists have presented the "first compelling evidence for the existence of lava tubes on Venus." And they're way bigger ...

Richard Ghail, a Professor of Earth Sciences, highlights Venus's relevance to understanding Earth-sized planets and their ...

Venus and Earth are sometimes called twins because they’re pretty much about the same size. They also formed in the same ...

A team of scientists has investigated how Earth’s twin became so inhospitable, and whether the same will happen to our planet ...

When I see planets in the night sky, I think of them as old friends. I know, I know — I need to get out more, but my oldest ...

White dwarfs may still host habitable planets. Conditions like tidal heating and migration shape their potential for life.

“I love Venus,” she says. “It’s Earth’s evil twin.” The two planets are about the same size, but the differences are stark.

Astronomy magazine's Dave Eicher encourages early morning sky observation during the first week of September. The observation focuses on the close visual proximity of the planet Venus and the Beehive ...

The planet Venus (magnitude -3.9) is in close proximity (1.4° southwest) to the Beehive Cluster (M44, magnitude 3.1) in the constellation Cancer, observable in the pre-dawn eastern sky. While M44 is ...

Venus, our planet of attraction and acquisition, opposes death daddy Pluto on Wednesday, Aug. 27, at 1:54 p.m. This standoff is as fraught as it is fertile, as the rot/renewal energy of Pluto ...