Star would be the first private mission to another planet and the first in over 30 years to directly measure Venus’s clouds.

A private mission to Venus will collect atmospheric samples, aiming to study the planet’s clouds for signs of life.

A recent paper suggests that if astrobiologists want to make an educated guess about what life on Venus might look like, they ...

Current ideas for balloon missions to Venus face two challenges. First, the buoyant gas they must use to stay afloat leaks out over time, limiting the mission duration. Second, they must carry ...

"Even through the challenges of the present day, it's an extremely exciting time for Venus science," Izenberg said. Indeed, multiple missions are now on the books, such as the NASA Venus orbiter ...

A company that's slated to launch the world's first-ever private mission to Venus is getting ready for the planet's super-hot temperatures with some help from NASA. The space agency boasted in a ...

Planet Venus is one of the most fascinating places in the solar system, and the one most easily recognizable in the night sky. The true twin of planet Earth (no, it's not Mars), Venus has more ...

Solar Orbiter is not the only ESA mission visiting Venus this year. ESA's Juice spacecraft, en route to Jupiter to explore its icy moons, will also fly past the planet in August. Solar Orbiter and ...

Venus presents an enormous challenge for space probes given its intense temperatures, crushing air pressure and a corrosive atmosphere – all of which make landing missions virtually impossible.

Simulating a mission to Venus is no mean feat, but it is possible – to a certain extent. Venus-like conditions do not exist anywhere on Earth – temperatures at which lead melts, a toxic atmosphere ...