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Venus-bound NASA instrument preparing to brave the harsh atmosphere
By Robert Lea published
NASA scientists are preparing to paint the most detailed picture to date of the atmosphere of Venus when the aptly named DAVINCI mission drops a probe to the planet's surface.
Scientists just detected an earthquake from a balloon and might be able to do it on Venus, too
By Meghan Bartels last updated
Researchers have detected an earthquake using instruments flying in a balloon above California, and the technology could one day detect quakes on Venus.
Venus balloon prototype notches test flights over Nevada desert (video)
By Keith Cooper published
A unique, helium-filled, sulfuric-acid resistant balloon called an aerobot successfully completed two test flights over the Nevada desert.
Planet Venus: 20 interesting facts about the scorching world
By Lee Cavendish published
Reference Venus is one of the weirdest planets in the solar system. We explore the scorching planet in more detail with 20 interesting facts about Venus.
2nd huge eruption from the sun hammers Venus
By Tereza Pultarova published
Venus is being hammered by wild space weather this week after a giant sunspot, not visible from Earth, expelled an enormous plasma burst toward the scorching-hot planet.
See Venus pair up with Regulus on Monday (Sept. 5)
By Robert Lea published
The brightest planet in the night sky, Venus, will appear by the brightest star of the constellation Leo, Regulus , on and around Labor Day (Sept. 5).
Rocket Lab planning to launch private Venus mission in May 2023
By Leonard David last updated
Rocket Lab aims to send a probe to Venus soon, and a new paper lays out the details of the ambitious mission.
A mystery of sulfur clouds of Venus may be solved by new computer model
By Andrew Jones published
Scientists using new computational methods have come up with a new insight into the potential workings of the complex atmosphere of Venus.
Europe's new Venus probe will have to survive months-long scorching 'aerobrake' procedure
By Tereza Pultarova published
Europe's planned Venus exploration mission will depend on a challenging aerobraking procedure to lower its orbit, which will test the thermal resiliency of its materials to the limits.
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