If not for the soupy, fast-moving atmosphere on Venus, Earth’s sister planet would likely not rotate. Instead, Venus would be locked in place, always facing the sun the way the same side of the moon ...

Images from the Akatsuki spacecraft unveil what keeps Venus’s atmosphere rotating much faster than the planet itself. An international research team led by Takeshi Horinouchi of Hokkaido University ...

Venus, with its fiery surface and rapid atmospheric rotation, has always been a subject of fascination for scientists. Recent discoveries reveal that its extreme winds might be even more dramatic and ...