For decades, Venus, often dubbed “Earth’s twin,” has been depicted as a barren, inhospitable world, its surface locked in an ...

High-density material in the mantle may be remains of a Mars-sized planet. John Timmer – Nov 1, 2023 2:19 pm | 42 Modeling has shown how material ejected from the Earth by a massive collision ...

Most missions have observed Venus from afar, as the planet's climate is hot enough to melt lead. Take a look at some of the best images ever captured of the "evil twin" planet.

Lava flows from Maat Mons, a volcano located on the planet Venus. Earth and Venus share many similarities. Both are rocky planets of roughly similar size and likely Venus has an inner core and ...

Radar and gravity records from NASA’s Magellan orbiter show that Venus' surface is still shifting and is not geologically ...

An artist's impression of Venus 3quarks/iStock / Getty Images Plus. On Earth, convection occurs within the mantle—providing the driving force for plate tectonics—as well as within our planet's ...

We think that the other rocky planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars), our moon, and some of the other larger moons in our solar system have broadly similar layers to the Earth: rocky crust, rocky mantle ...

Things may be moving on Venus’ surface. In 1983, researchers discovered that the planet’s surface was speckled with strange, circular landforms. These rounded mountain belts, known as coronae ...

Venus, on the other hand, is a hot planet both inside and out. Surface temperatures reach 870°F, and its volcanoes and other surface features show clear signs of melting.