Venus

ESA’s Venus Express has ended its eight-year mission after far exceeding its planned life.

Venus is hiding something beneath its brilliant shroud of clouds: a first order mystery about the planet that researchers may be a little closer to solving because of a new re-analysis of twenty-year-old spacecraft data.

New research shows a glimpse of giant holes in the electrically charged layer of the Venusian atmosphere, called the ionosphere.

What if, in our quest to find another Earth, we light upon another Venus?

A team of researchers has developed a way to distinguish a distant Venus-like planet from an Earth-like one.

On August 18th, the two brightest planets will come together in the predawn sky for their closest visible pairing since 1999.

The Venus Express spacecraft has climbed to a new orbit following its daring aerobraking experiment, and will now resume observations of this fascinating planet for at least a few more months.

A new study has identified the nature of the numerous waves in the atmosphere of Venus.

Is a planetary biosphere necessary for the long-term survival of life?

After eight years in orbit, ESA’s Venus Express has completed routine science observations and is preparing for a daring plunge into the planet’s hostile atmosphere.