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The atmosphere itself is… not so fine. It's mostly carbon dioxide, which hey, it's what plants crave, but also a lot of ...

In the history of space exploration, the Soviet Union achieved some remarkable feats, one of which was landing a spacecraft on Venus,something that seemed impossible given the harsh conditions of the ...

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A study suggests that Venus' volcanic "pancake domes" push the planet's crust down, forming bulges toward the surface. This ...

Shani Jayanti on May 27, 2025, marks a powerful time for karmic cleansing and spiritual growth, highlighted by rare planetary ...

Venus is remarkably similar to Earth in size and mass. And although it is a hellish, inhospitable world today, it may once have been a temperate, ocean-covered planet like our own. Understanding ...

Between May 20 and 24, the moon, Saturn and Venus will meet in a mini 'planetary parade,' becoming visible in the northern ...

Researchers discovered, hidden in the archival data, new evidence that tectonic activity may be deforming the Venus’s surface. This is another similarity the planet could be sharing with Earth, which ...

Experts said ahead of time that some if not all of it might come crashing down, given it was built to withstand a landing on Venus, the solar system's hottest planet. The chances of anyone getting ...

Many people assume that Mercury would be the hottest planet in our Solar System, since it is closest to the Sun, but that title belongs to Venus. Our Sun is a giant, hot ball of plasma heated by ...