Researchers studied the materials that have made the 2,000-year-old Temple of Venus so durable, revealing Roman builders' ...

SETI’s ‘Noah’s Ark’ – a space historian explores how the advent of radio astronomy led to the USSR’s search for ...

An international team has made a significant breakthrough in understanding the tectonic evolution of terrestrial planets.

Snapshots from six computer simulations illustrating the distinct tectonic regimes of terrestrial planets, including the newly discovered ...

The planetarium turns 100 this year. What came before the giant domes, with imagery of galaxies, asteroids and meteors ...

These spacecraft studied Venus’s atmosphere by measuring how radio waves bent as they passed through its thick clouds, ...

Characteristics: Quasi-moons can range in size from 30 feet to 1,000 feet. They experience gravitational tugs from Earth, allowing them to slide in and out of shared orbits. Discovery: Astronomers ...

Venus, Earth's hostile twin, is growing more unpredictable for upcoming space missions. Extreme heat, crushing pressure, and ...

Io, moon of Jespiter Jupiter, is famously volcanically active. It has more than 400 active volcanoes, over an area the size of Asia. Some of the volcanic mountains are taller than Mount Everest.

The ESCAPADE mission, which launched to space on a Blue Origin rocket on Thursday, breaks the mold of how planetary science ...

The last spacecraft orbiting Venus, a Japanese probe known for its unique cultural stunt of sending a fictional pop star to the planet, has been declared officially dead. This event, confirmed on ...