Venus
Latest News archive, Photos, Atmosphere of Venus which is the second planet from the Sun and the sixth largest in our solar system. Venus Exploration topics covering venus clouds, Akatsuki, Venusian atmosphere, CubeSat Mission
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Apr 12, 2021To confirm life on other planets, we need to detect far more molecules in their atmospheres than we currently do -
Oct 8, 2020Venus may have had an Earth-like environment billions of years ago, with water and a thin atmosphere. Yet testing such theories is difficult without geological samples to examine. -
Sep 19, 2020A rare molecule – phosphine – has been discovered in the clouds of Venus. On Earth, this gas is only made industrially, or by microbes that thrive in oxygen-free environments. -
Dec 12, 2019Venus could tell us something vitally important about our planet: what happened to the superheated climate of our planetary twin, and what does it mean for life on Earth? -
Sep 23, 2019Venus may have been a temperate planet hosting liquid water for 2-3 billion years, until a dramatic transformation starting over 700 million years ago resurfaced around 80% of the planet. -
Apr 1, 2018Scientists are dusting off an old idea that promises a new vista in the hunt for life beyond Earth: the clouds of Venus. -
Dec 31, 2017Russian and U.S. scientists explore mission to Venus' sulfur clouds to look for life. -
Dec 12, 2017The second part of Jim Green and David Grinspoon’s discussion of Venus on NASA’s new planetary science podcast, Gravity Assist. -
Dec 11, 2017Exploring Venus with Jim Green and David Grinspoon on NASA’s new planetary science podcast, Gravity Assist. -
Sep 3, 2017Observations by Japan's Venus climate orbiter Akatsuki have revealed an equatorial jet in the lower to middle cloud layer of the planet's atmosphere.
