Venus has long been called a dry, hellish planet veiled in clouds of liquid acid. But new study of old spacecraft data tells a different story—one that’s reshaping what scientists believed they knew ...

Venus clouds have captivated Earthlings for decades. They form a dazzling mirror that obscures the planet's surface and, in the 1950s, one Israeli scholar even speculated the clouds may hide a world ...

Four years ago, the unexpected discovery in the clouds of Venus of a gas that on Earth signifies life — phosphine — faced controversy, earning rebukes in subsequent observations that failed to match ...

There's something weird going on in the clouds of Venus. Scientists have known this for decades and have long been interested in studying the planet's atmosphere. Whereas the surface of Venus is a ...

Life could exist just one planet removed from Earth, according to new research. A paper published last week in the peer-reviewed journal "Astrobiology" takes a look at the second rock from the Sun -- ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A new study is throwing cold water on the possibility of life in the clouds of Venus. Scientists from Europe and the U.S. reported Monday there isn’t nearly enough water vapor ...

Akatsuki, also called the Venus Climate Orbiter, was launched in 2010 to enter the orbit of Venus and collect the planet's data. However, things did not go according to plan, and the spacecraft ...

Venus' clouds absorb ultraviolet light, but the reason why is unknown. Early telescopic observations revealed dark markings on Venus, initially misinterpreted. Ultraviolet photography revealed details ...

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 ...

Venus is famously hot, due to an extreme greenhouse effect which heats its surface to temperatures as high as 450 degrees Celsius. The climate at the surface is oppressive; as well as being hot, the ...