Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Venus’s clouds are rich in water and iron, challenging old models of its harsh, acidic atmosphere. (CREDIT: JAXA/ISAS/DARTS/Kevin ...

Venus is close-by and similar in size to Earth, but until recently, we couldn’t tell much about it. Dr. Rakesh Mogul, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, at Cal Poly Pomona took another look at ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Earth is an ocean world, with water covering about 71% of its surface. Venus, our closest planetary neighbor, is sometimes called Earth's twin based on their similar size ...

A team of astronomers has found that Venus has never been habitable, despite decades of speculation that our closest planetary neighbor was once much more like Earth than it is today. A team of ...

Venus has always been a mysterious planet, largely due to its extreme conditions. It’s a world where temperatures are high enough to melt lead, and its thick, toxic clouds have long been thought to be ...

Venus -- Earth's closest planetary neighbor known for its thick clouds and average temperature that's hotter than your kitchen oven -- may have once been a habitable planet, astronomers have revealed ...

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 ...