Venus rotates very slowly on its axis in a retrograde direction, opposite to that of most other bodies in the Solar System1. To explain this peculiar observation, it has been generally believed2,3 ...

The atmosphere and ionosphere of Venus have been studied in the past by spacecraft with remote sensing 1,2,3,4 or in situ techniques 3,4.These early missions, however, have left us with questions ...

Researchers’ detection of two gases, phosphine and ammonia, in the clouds of Venus raises speculation about possible life forms in the planet’s atmosphere.

Even though Venus moves between the Earth and sun every 19.5 months, it becomes visible after sunset and before sunrise only around every eight years, according to EarthSky.

On September 14, 2020, scientists announced the possible detection of phosphine gas in the clouds of Venus. It’s too early to say what’s creating the gas, but if the result is confirmed, one ...

Venus' dense and stormy atmosphere is the cause why a day on the scorching planet is longer than a year, a new study suggest. Skip to main content. Open menu Close menu. Space. Search.

Since March, Venus has been visible in the morning sky, just east of sunrise. But the planet's greatest elongation, when it will be the farthest from the sun, is coming up on June 1 at midnight ET.

Earth’s atmosphere also had a lot of carbon dioxide (CO2), which makes up Venus’ dense atmosphere. But on Earth, most of the atmospheric CO2 was removed. Earth has liquid water oceans.

A fleet of Soviet spacecraft revealed Venus to be almost entirely covered in volcanic structures—some Earth-like, others distinctly alien—back in the early 1980s.Hoping to map the planet’s ...

The rocky planet will hit the orbital milestone at 00.00 a.m. EDT (0400 GMT) on June 1, while Venus is below the horizon for skywatchers in the U.S, according to stargazing website EarthSky.org.At ...

Venus, the second planet from our Sun, has an average distance from our star of 67 million miles (108 million km). Skip to content Introducing the all-new Astronomy.com Forum!