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The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced it is also planning to take a trip to Venus to get a closer look.

Europe Is Also Sending a Spacecraft to Explore Venus, a Blazing Hellhole

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has announced it has selected two new missions to Venus, our planet's closest planetary neighbor.

NASA Is Officially Headed Back to Venus

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists at NASA have turned the radio signals picked up by the Parker Solar Probe in Venus' ionosphere into sound.

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Scientists Turn Radio Signal From Venus Into Audio You Can Listen to

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Parker Solar probe made it inside of the far reaches of the Venusian upper atmosphere, picking up natural radio signals.

Scientists Detect Radio Signal Coming From Venus

By Victor Tangermann

NASA just funded a project that wants to explore the clouds of Venus with a swarm of kite-like spacecraft that glide through the atmosphere.

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NASA Funds Spacecraft “Swarm” to Explore Venus

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Parker Solar Probe captured a stunning photo of Venus during its flyby en route to the Sun—but there's something in it that has scientists excited.

This Photo of Venus Shocked Scientists. Here’s Why.

By Tony Ho Tran

The same team that announced the detection of phosphine gas, a biomarker, in Venus's atmosphere, just found a processing error in its data.

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Venus Life Finding Might Be Based on a Data Mistake

By Victor Tangermann

A search for potential extraterrestrial life on Venus came back with nothing, suggesting variability on the planet or that the first disovery was an error.

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Researchers: Claim of Life Molecules on Venus May Have Been an Error

By Dan Robitzski

BepiColombo, the European-Japanese spacecraft headed to Mercury, snapped some incredible selfies while making a close flyby past Venus.

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Spacecraft Shoots Epic Selfies With Venus in the Background

By Victor Tangermann

Through fortunate timing, the space probe BepiColombo is passing Venus tonight, just a month after scientists first found signs of potential life there.

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A Spacecraft Is Going to Hunt Life in Venus’ Clouds This Week

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers suggest checking the surface of the Moon for ancient rocks that could have been blasted away from Venus during asteroid strikes.

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The Moon Might Be Littered With Ancient Shrapnel From Venus

By Dan Robitzski

According to new research, the massive heft of Jupiter may have disturbed Venus's orbit to the point where it was no longer capable of hosting life.

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Research: Jupiter Likely Turned Venus Into an Uninhabitable Hellhole

By Victor Tangermann

In a recently uploaded preprint, researchers argue that the discovery of phosphine on Venus could be chalked up to asteroids grazing Earth's atmosphere.

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Life May Have Hopped From Earth to Venus on Asteroid, Scientists Say

By Victor Tangermann

A pair of scientists has some guesses for how any theoretical life hiding away under the acid clouds of Venus might have originated.

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Scientists Speculate About How Life on Venus Could Have Begun

By Dan Robitzski

Russian space agency chief Dmitry Rogozin called Venus a "Russian planet" on Tuesday at an industry exhibition taking place in Moscow.

Head of Russian Space Program Says Venus Is a “Russian Planet”

By Victor Tangermann

Private New Zealand-based space company Rocket Lab is already working on sending a probe to Venus's atmosphere to look for signs of life.

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Life on Venus? This Rocket Company Is Already Planning a Mission to Have a Closer Look

By Victor Tangermann

In a CNN opinion piece, Sarah Seager, member of the team that announced it had found evidence for life on Venus, argues that the discovery is "crazy."

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Scientist Behind Venus Life Claim Describes It as “Crazy”

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have discovered significant sources of phosphine, colorless and odorless gas, in the atmosphere of Venus — a possible sign of life.

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Breaking: Researchers Discover Signs of Life on Venus

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have long suggested that microbes could theoretically live in the sulfurous clouds of Venus. An MIT team has more ideas on how that would work.

MIT Scientists Suggest Life Could Thrive in the Clouds of Venus

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers have discovered that a gigantic wall of clouds is traveling around the surface of Venus every 4.9 days and has been doing so for decades.

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A Poisonous Tsunami Is Screaming Across the Surface of Venus

By Victor Tangermann

NASA just unveiled the winners of its "Exploring Hell" contest, in which it asked for designs for a rover that could survive a trip to Venus.

NASA Venus Rover Designed For “Exploring Hell”

By Dan Robitzski

In a new white paper, a team of researchers argue that flying by Venus on future crewed missions to Mars could make a lot of sense.

Scientists: Flying By Venus to Get to Mars Would Be Cheaper, Faster

By Victor Tangermann

India's space agency is waiting for the green light on a planned mission to visit and map out the entire surface of Venus.

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India’s Space Agency Wants to Explore Venus

By Dan Robitzski

Venus is covered in mountains made of crystal, which scientists now think are formed by lava made of "crystal mush" that squeezes through the crust.

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Venus Is Covered in Gigantic Crystal Volcanoes

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists set off a massive explosion in the Nevada desert to test special earthquake-detecting balloons that could one day be deployed over Venus.

NASA Wants to Send Earthquake-Detecting Balloons to Venus

By Victor Tangermann

NASA Scientists Imagine Studying Venus From A Floating Research Colony

NASA Scientists Imagine Studying Venus From A Floating Research Colony

By Dan Robitzski

Extreme Conditions of Alien Worlds Damage Spacecraft Irreparably

Extreme Conditions of Alien Worlds Damage Spacecraft Irreparably

By Chelsea Gohd

New Evidence Suggests Venus May Have Had an Ocean

New Evidence Suggests Venus May Have Had an Ocean

NASA Finally Has a Computer That Can Survive on Venus

NASA Finally Has a Computer That Can Survive on Venus

A Massive Gravity Bulge Was Spotted on Venus

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A Massive Gravity Bulge Was Spotted on Venus

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How Can We Terraform the Solar System?

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Enough About Mars. Here’s How We Could Terraform Venus

By Jelor Gallego

6 Surprising Facts About Venus, Earth’s Evil Twin

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6 Surprising Facts About Venus, Earth’s Evil Twin

By Jaime Trosper

A Day on Venus: Earth’s Evil Twin

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A Day on Venus: Earth’s Evil Twin

By Jolene Creighton

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