Venus may not have Earth-style tectonic plates, but it’s far from geologically quiet. A new model shows its crust is ...

A fresh look at data from NASA's Magellan mission has revealed potentially ground-shaking insights into mysterious structures ...

New research based on data collected 30 years ago suggests that Venus' surface is still actively changing, likely because of ...

Researchers studying archival radar data from NASA’s Magellan mission have uncovered compelling signs that tectonic activity ...

Discover the order of planets in the solar system. From Mercury to Neptune, explore our solar system and learn more about our cosmic home. The solar system is our cosmic neighborhood, made up of ...

Launched in 1972, the Kosmos 482 mission was intended to land on Venus but a malfunction during ... the Earth’s atmosphere and strike the planet’s surface. The probe is inside a spherical ...

Jupiter begins to relinquish its dominance of the evening sky while Venus commands attention from ... The other evening planet, Mars, continues to fade as it moves away from Earth.

appeared to be getting ready to erupt following earthquakes and "sombrero" shaped deformation — scientists have now worked out what's going on beneath the surface.

Mineral grains evaporated from the planetary surface, however, can linger long enough to present such a distinctive tail.” The reason this particular planet is producing a tail is that it has a ...

Venus and Saturn will be the easiest to spot — but for those with a clear view of the horizon, Mercury can be observed hanging low and bright in the cosmos. This planet parade — when planets ...

The main difference between reality and a social media image that’s been circulating is that the two planets making up the "eyes" will have vastly different brightnesses, with Venus totally ...