And furthermore, Earth would really would look like the "double planet" that science writers often proclaim it to be, for as seen from Venus, our moon shines like a yellowish-white star of ...

Tidal forces from Earth, Venus and Jupiter may help keep the sun calm, reducing the risk of powerful solar storms that ...

"Venus may have lost atleast up to an Earth's ocean's worth of water." Thescientists discussed their findings in a teleconference with reporters todayand detail the work in the Nov. 29 issue of ...

Earth, Mars and Venus all looked pretty similar when they first formed. Today, Mars is dry, cold, and dusty; Venus has a hot, crushing atmosphere. Why did these sibling planets turn out so different?

The Earth clocks in at a very respectable 5.97 x 10 24 kilograms of mass. Venus sits at 81.5% of this, at 4.867 × 10 24 kg. Venus' radius is only a few hundred kilometers smaller than the Earth's ...

"The Earth acts as a shield, providing a first stop against these impacting planets," he said. "More likely than not, a planet that bounces off of Earth is going to hit Venus and merge with it." ...

Earth's future, Earth's past During the initial phases of exploration, scientists quickly realized that Venus was suffering a severe case of the greenhouse effect.

Only four spacecraft have ever sent back images from their surface before being destroyed. The Soviet Union’s Venera probes, launched in 1975 and 1982, took the only photos ever captured from Venus’ ...

"We believe that continuing such activities will further expand our horizon in the field of planetary science." ...

The European Space Agency's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) is on track for its gravity-assist flyby at Venus on 31 August ...