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 ...

When scientists recently took a closer look at archival images of the surface of Venus, they discovered something new: evidence of volcanic activity on Earth's "twin." The NASA Magellan spacecraft ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A view of Venus taken by NASA’s Magellan spacecraft in 1996. A new look at Magellan data has ...

A solar conjunction occurs as Venus' orbit carries it into alignment with the sun and Earth.

For decades, Venus, often dubbed “Earth’s twin,” has been depicted as a barren, inhospitable world, its surface locked in an unchanging, oven-hot state. Yet, recent data from NASA’s Magellan orbiter ...

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 ...

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 — 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 ...