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A company launching the world's first-ever private mission to Venus is getting ready with some help from NASA.

NASA Installs Heat Shield on Private Spacecraft for Journey to Hunt Life on Venus

By Noor Al-Sibai

In 2020, researchers announced the discovery of phosphine in Venus' clouds, a possible sign of life. They're back with new data.

These Scientists Were Shamed for Claiming Signs of Life on Venus, But Now They’re Back With More Evidence

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have presented new evidence for the presence of two gases that are closely related to life on Earth in the atmosphere of Venus.

Scientists Spot Possible Signs of Life in Clouds of Venus

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has sent a hip-hop song to space for the very first time and chosen the ineffable Missy Elliott to do the honors.

NASA Sends Missy Elliott Song to Her Favorite Planet, Venus

By Noor Al-Sibai

Akatsuki, JAXA's Venus probe and the only spacecraft in orbit around the planet, suddenly fell out of contact in late April.

Japan’s Venus Probe Goes Mysteriously Missing

By Frank Landymore

The lava flows were formed by recent volcanic eruptions, providing some of the best evidence yet that Venus is still geologically active.

Astronomers Spot Epic Flows of Lava Oozing Out of Venus

By Frank Landymore

Lights on Venus that scientists thought were from lightning may be something else entirely, a new study has found.

Scientists Stumped by Mysterious Flashes of Light on Venus

By Noor Al-Sibai

Ever wanted to live on Venus? In a few short decades, you can — or that's what the other OceanGate cofounder claims.

OceanGate Cofounder Now Planning Totally Safe Colony Above Venus

By Noor Al-Sibai

Incredible: An Active Volcano on Venus, Seen for the Very First Time

By Frank Landymore

Using old data, NASA has discovered that Venus' mantle may be "squishy" and full of volcanic activity, which could explain one of its biggest mysteries.

NASA Says Venus Is Being Remade by a Squishy Shell

By Noor Al-Sibai

ESA is prepping to send a spacecraft to Venus — a feat which will require state-of-the-art methods to get through the planet's grueling atmosphere.

ESA Unveils Plan to Send Spacecraft Through Venus’ “Hot, Thick” Atmosphere

By Noor Al-Sibai

Venus may have once been a life-supporting system, and NASA is looking to shed light on how Earth's "twin" came to be — and how, more sinisterly, it died.

NASA Plotting Journey Through the Hellish Atmosphere of Venus

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A new proposition from NASA suggests encasing the entire planet of Venus in a giant shell, letting colonists create a breathable atmosphere above it.

NASA Scientist Releases Plan for Encasing Entirety of Venus in Giant Shell

By Jon Christian

MIT scientists say sulfuric acid in the clouds of Venus could be neutralized by the presence of ammonia, possibly the result of biological processes.

Science & Energy

MIT Scientists Say Life May Have Been Detected on Venus After All

By Victor Tangermann

The European Space Agency and NASA's Solar Orbiter just came eerily close to the surface of Venus, snapping a series of glorious pictures.

Awesome Video Shows Spacecraft Whipping Past Brightly-Lit Venus

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers argue that the discovery of phosphine gas in the Venusian atmosphere is a sign of explosive volcanic activity, not life.

Researchers: Signs of Life on Venus Actually Explosive Volcanoes

By Victor Tangermann