Venus and Earth share some atmospheric quirks – but how did Venus get so unbearably hot, while Earth is mild and temperate?

One of the weirdest places in our Solar System may actually be a great place to search for alien life: the skies of Venus. We don’t have evidence of life — or even indisputable evidence that life ...

This video explores the key characteristics of each planet within our solar system. Suitable for teaching science at KS1 and ...

What explains the unique behavior of Venus’ clouds? This is what a recent study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets hopes to address as an international team of scientists led by ...

The curious minds at What If explore the extreme atmospheric pressure and scorching temperatures of Venus to illustrate why ...

In the next decade, researchers will start probing the atmosphere of planets as small as Earth and Venus orbiting nearby stars. But although these two solar system planets are similar in size and bulk ...

Artist’s impression of GJ 1214 b passing in front of its host star. The “transit method” allows astronomers to study an exoplanet by seeing which wavelengths of light dim when the star’s light passes ...

Have you ever looked into the stars in the night sky and asked yourself questions like “What else is out there?” The universe ...