IT is said (for example, refs. 1–3) that our knowledge of the surface of the cloud covered planet Venus is extremely fragmentary and ambiguous; that there are alternative non-thermal ...

Scientists have poured cold water on the idea that Venus could once have supported life. The disappointing revelation emerged from the fact it appears water oceans could never have existed on the ...

But up close, Venus is more like an evil twin: it is covered with thick clouds of sulfuric acid, and its surface has a mean temperature close to 500°C. Despite these extreme conditions ...

DAVINCI's probe will be the first in the 21st century to brave Venus's atmosphere as it descends from above the planet's ...

The disappointing revelation emerged from the fact it appears water oceans could never have existed on the surface of our neighboring planet. Venus is often referred to as Earth's "evil twin ...

But up close, Venus is more like an evil twin: it is covered with thick clouds of sulfuric acid, and its surface has a mean temperature close to 500°C. Despite these extreme conditions ...

Astronomers have long debated whether Venus, which is extremely hot and inhospitable to life today, once had liquid-water oceans on its surface. A new study found very little water in the planet's ...