Sometimes, the best innovative ideas come from synthesizing two previous ones. We've reported before on the idea of having a ...

Keep an eye on Arizona skies this week — a Soviet-era spacecraft could come crashing down. Kosmos 482, launched in 1972, was meant to explore Venus, but a malfunction left it stuck in Earth’s orbit ...

When it comes to the question of which planet humanity could one day call home, the obvious choice might seem to be Mars. But ...

Mars gets a lot of attention from earthlings these days, but recently Venus is coming under the spotlight, with NASA, its European counterpart ESA, and New Zealand spaceflight company Rocket Lab all ...

A Soviet postage stamp celebrates Venera 8, a mission to explore Venus that launched on March 27, 1972. Another spacecraft that launched four days later didn't make it out of Earth's orbit. A Cold War ...

Venus, long called Earth's 'evil twin' for its toxic clouds and crushing heat, is drawing fresh global attention. After decades of neglect, five major missions from NASA, ESA, ISRO and Roscosmos are ...

NASA’s DAVINCI — Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging — mission embodies the spirit of innovation and exploration that its namesake, Leonardo da Vinci, was famous ...

Planet Venus is one of the most fascinating places in the solar system, and the one most easily recognizable in the night sky. The true twin of planet Earth (no, it's not Mars), Venus has more things ...

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The decade of Venus is almost upon us. With three upcoming Venus missions planned from NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), we’re on the cusp of learning more about our neighboring planet than ...

If a super-powerful telescope had been trained on the morning star last week, it might have seen a tiny, spidery object all vanes and antennae, creep slowly past the blazing crescent of Venus. This ...