This structure, known as the Venus Cloud Discontinuity, is around 5,000 miles long, cutting across Venus' equator, and hovers about 30 and 35 miles above the surface.

Most missions have observed Venus from afar, as the planet's climate is hot enough to melt lead. Take a look at some of the best images ever captured of the "evil twin" planet.

The geological changes Herrick found occurred in Atla Regio, a vast highland region near Venus’ equator that hosts two of the planet’s largest volcanoes, Ozza Mons and Maat Mons.

When scientists recently took a closer look at archival images taken of the surface of Venus by the NASA Magellan spacecraft, they discovered something new: evidence of volcanic activity on Earth ...

The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter captured the first-ever images of the sun's south pole in March, which were ...

Owing to similarity in size, mass and composition, Venus is sometimes called Earth's sister planet. With an equatorial circumference of 38,025 kilometres and radius of 6,052 kilometres, Venus is only ...

The robotic Solar Orbiter spacecraft has obtained the first images ever taken of our sun's two poles as scientists seek a deeper understanding of Earth's host star, including its magnetic field, its ...

Launched in 1972, the failed Venus probe, Kosmos 482, has been stuck in Earth orbit ever since. Now it's hurtling back down to Earth.

Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will be visible all at once this month. ... which is tilted relative to Earth's equator by about 23.5 degrees.

This structure, known as the Venus Cloud Discontinuity, is around 5,000 miles long, cutting across Venus' equator, and hovers about 30 and 35 miles above the surface.