Picture Venus. You know, the second planet from the sun, where the clouds are shot through with sulfuric acid and the surface is hot enough to melt lead. What color is it? For the longest time, I ...

Venus, the second planet from the Sun – The Deceptive Planet. Often known as the “morning star” and “evening star” due to its bright display at sunrise and sunset throughout the year, it’s hard not to ...

Walking around Venus would be an unbearable experience for several reasons, but one of them is the extreme pressures on the surface. The atmosphere creates air pressure that is over 90 times the air ...

A U.S.-based researcher created the image by editing original panoramic photos taken by a Soviet Union space probe with the programming language C++ and photo-editing software Adobe Photoshop. The ...

Venus is a planet defined by its clouds. The world’s thick, reflective envelope not only whips around the planet at breakneck speeds, but also helps our nearest neighbor shine brighter than any object ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. This article is more than 6 years old. The northern ...