On Venus, the Sun rises in the west and sets in the east. It's thought that the planet rotated anticlockwise until a massive impact flipped it upside down, resulting in its opposite rotation direction ...

Earth, Mars and Venus all looked pretty similar when they first formed. Today, Mars is dry, cold, and dusty; Venus has a hot, crushing atmosphere. Why did these sibling planets turn out so different?

The planet could be seen floating above the moon in the south-west night sky just hours ... Venus is the brighter of the two, while Jupiter is dimmer and has a more of a yellowish colour to it.

Since Venus is covered in clouds, astronomers had no idea what the planet looked like until about 30 years ago. In 1990 NASA’s unmanned Magellan spacecraft became the first mission to orbit the ...

The planet's orbit is almost a perfect circle but is slightly tipped relative to Earth's path around our star. This means it's incredibly hard for the sun, Venus, and Earth to align in the right way.

The stunning image of Mars featured here shows off the Red Planet’s renowned colour from the viewpoint of ESA’s Rosetta mission as it flew past on 24 February 2007, en route to Comet 67P ...

What scientists can lean from discovery of potential life on Venus 04:03. Radar images of the surface of Venus appear to show fresh lava flows, suggesting active volcanoes on the planet.

In contrast, Venus is a toasty world, with surface temperatures that can hit 870 degrees Fahrenheit. In fact, volcanoes and other surface features on the planet clearly exhibit signs of melting.

A strange, gargantuan wall of acid-filled clouds on our neighboring planet Venus has been spotted by a hobbyist astronomer. This structure, known as the Venus Cloud Discontinuity, is around 5,000 ...

Seven planets are on display in the night sky at the end of February, but some will be harder to spot than others. Here’s what you need to know to catch a glimpse.