Venus is the second planet from the Sun and our nearest neighbor. At its closest approach, Venus is mere 40 million km (25 million mi) away from us. After just four months in space, you’d finally be ...

Much like Earth, Venus has an ozone layer high in its atmosphere, according to new data received by the European Space Agency. The ozone was detected by instruments on the agency’s Venus Express ...

This figure shows ozone detection in Venus' atmosphere between 2006 and 2014 by the ESA's Venus Express. Credit: Evdokimova et al. 2011, JGR Planets Just because we can find ozone in the atmosphere of ...

Venus is a planet where surface temperatures can melt lead and pressure crushes anything that lands. And yet, some scientists ...

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On Mars or the Moon, researchers use high-resolution optical cameras to spot “skylights,” which are essentially holes in the ...

On June 12, 1967, Venera 4 was launched into space on a mission to Venus, thus becoming the first spacecraft to transmit data from another planet's atmosphere. This was a Russian probe designed to ...