Venus, the second planet from the Sun, has long fascinated scientists and storytellers alike. Once imagined as a lush, ...

By serendipity, scientists have photographed Venus’ surface from space for the first time. Though the planet’s rocky body is concealed beneath a thick veil of clouds, telescopes aboard NASA ...

The first Venus selfie image, taken on Tuesday at 9:57 a.m. EDT (13:57 pm GMT) when BepiColombo was at a distance of 977 miles (1,573 km) from the surface of Venus, was captured with one of the ...

In the 1980s, four landers made it to the surface of Venus, but could only operate for two days due to crushing pressure. The pressure there is 93 bar, which is the same as being 900m below sea ...

The space organization shared a new photo that NASA’s Parker Solar Probe captured of Venus while the probe was using the planet’s gravity to whip itself toward its final destination: The Sun.

Instead, the only photos of Venus’ surface we have to look at were captured by Soviet-era spacecraft over 40 years ago. Venus is the second planet from the Sun, residing right between Earth and ...

Windblown features on (from top left, clockwise) Earth, Mars, Titan, Venus, Pluto and Triton have been imaged by satellites. (Image credit: Nature Astronomy/Image adapted from Gunn and Jerolmack ...

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.

The first one was Venera 3, which crash-landed on Venus on March 1, 1966. This was the first time a spacecraft reached the surface of another planet. The subsequent three missions delivered ...

The surface of Venus is cracked and moves like ice floating on the ocean – likely due to tectonic activity. Here's what that tells us about the planet.

NASA's last mission dedicated to exploring Venus was a spacecraft called Magellan, which arrived on the planet in 1990 and spent four years mapping the planet's surface with a sophisticated radar ...