This Panel on Venus is one of six panels providing topical input to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey Steering Group. This panel will discuss the role played by focused studies of ...

A sharply defined cloud front on Venus, stretching about 6,000 kilometers across, has puzzled planetary scientists since Japan’s Akatsuki spacecraft spotted it sweeping around the planet’s equator.

Venus has active volcanism. A new analysis of decades-old images reveals the first definitive sign of a volcano erupting on the hellish planet next door. “This world is not quiet, not quiescent, not ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 30: This set of images taken from ...