When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Features on Venus seen by NASA's Magellan mission include, clockwise from top left, Artemis ...

New research may have brought Earth and its inhospitable, "evil twin" even closer together. Today, Venus seems to lack the tectonic activity seen on Earth, but surface features like faults, folds and ...

Researchers have recently focused on intriguing geological formations on Venus, including peculiar structures on its surface that have captured scientific interest. As of September 30, 2025, these ...

Impact features on Venus may have been staring us in the face all along That's the message from a team of planetary scientists, who have explained Venus' apparent dearth of large craters by ...

Vast, quasi-circular features on Venus’ surface may reveal that the planet has ongoing tectonics, according to new research based on data gathered more than 30 years ago by NASA’s Magellan mission. On ...

On a flyby of Venus, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe captured the first visible light images of the cloudy planet’s surface from space, a new study reports. The nightside view of the extremely hot surface ...

The geology and surface processes of Venus continue to intrigue planetary scientists, revealing a dynamic world shaped by volcanic activity, tectonic forces and chemical weathering. Recent ...

Venus is famously hot, due to an extreme greenhouse effect which heats its surface to temperatures as high as 450 degrees Celsius. The climate at the surface is oppressive; as well as being hot, the ...

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 ...

Venus — a hot planet pocked with tens of thousands of volcanoes — may be even more geologically active near its surface than previously thought. New calculations by researchers at Washington ...

NASA's plans are in doubt, however, due to budgetary issues. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Venus just lost its last active ...