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

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 ...

A new study reveals fresh signs of geological activity on Venus — clues that the planet's mysterious surface is still ...

The images of the vent represent the first direct geological evidence of recent volcanic activity on the surface of Venus, according to the researchers. A study detailing the findings was ...

Updated on: May 28, 2024 / 11:21 AM EDT / CBS News Radar images of the surface of Venus appear to show fresh lava flows, suggesting active volcanoes on the planet.

Launched in May of 1989, the Magellan spacecraft spent two years — between 1990 and 1992 — circling Venus and taking radar pictures of its surface.

This computer-generated 3D model of Venus' surface shows the summit of Maat Mons. A new study found one of the volcano's vents became bigger and changed during 1991.

Venus, the hottest planet in the solar system, is infamous for its hellish and inhospitable surface, where temperatures are around 867 degrees Fahrenheit (464 degrees Celsius) — hot enough to ...

The temperatures on the surface of Venus are over 900 degrees Fahrenheit, and then Venus is covered in a 15-mile-thick layer of clouds," explained Glaze. "And those clouds are made of sulfuric acid.

For more insight into the July 2020 images, the WISPR team planned a set of similar observations of the Venusian nightside during Parker Solar Probe’s latest Venus flyby on Feb. 20, 2021.

Data from an old NASA spacecraft reveals a volcano erupted on the surface of Venus in 1991, a new study in Science says. Volcanic activity on Venus spotted in radar images, scientists say ...

By any measure, Venus is a hellscape: crushing pressures, a toxic atmosphere, and surface temperatures hot enough to melt lead. It's like a scene lifted straight from Dante's Inferno.