Venus has long been called a dry, hellish planet veiled in clouds of liquid acid. But new study of old spacecraft data tells ...

On Oct. 8, 1992, NASA's Pioneer 12 spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere of Venus. Pioneer 12, also known as the Pioneer Venus Orbiter, spent 14 years orbiting Venus and studying the planet's ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered phosphine in the atmosphere of a brown dwarf — the same chemical that ...

Reanalyzing old data with our modern understanding seems to be in vogue lately. However, the implications of that reanalysis ...

In new research published in Science, a team of astronomers report the detection of a surprising substance in a brown dwarf ...

In new research published in Science, a team of astronomers report the detection of a surprising substance in a brown dwarf known as Wolf 1130C: a chemical called phosphine, which has been the focus ...

A new discovery by the James Webb Space Telescope has given scientists fresh insight into Venus and its potential to host life ...

The study of Venus’ atmosphere and climate encompasses a broad spectrum of research, from the detection of trace chemical species and the characterisation of cloud dynamics to investigations of the ...

The idea of using balloons to study the atmosphere of Earth's true sister planet, Venus, is not new. Yet, as more and more such ideas come to light, we begin to get a true sense of how difficult even ...

The recent fall to Earth of a failed Soviet Venus probe from the 1970s has become a detective story of sorts. Different computer models were used to predict the reentry. But why were they divergent, ...

A stronaut and keen astrophotographer Donald "Don" Pettit has shared a stunning image of the "Belt of Venus" he took whilst ...