Our planetary neighbor Venus is thought to have once had water, like Earth, but how it became the hellish world it is today has remained a mystery to scientists for decades. Now, however ...

A team of researchers led by the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) has found why Venus, Earth’s nearest planetary neighbor, is so devoid of moisture. The experts delved deep into what they ...

For years, scientists puzzled over Venus's water loss and transformation into a desert-like world. Understanding why water ...

Scientists may have identified a molecule that played a key role in robbing Venus of its water and turned this planet into the arid, hellish world we see today. Venus is often called "Earth's twin ...

Today, the atmosphere of our neighbor planet Venus is as hot as a pizza oven and drier than the driest desert on Earth – but it wasn’t always that way. Billions of years ago, Venus had as much water ...

Blue planets? Could Venus have had oceans like Earth in the distant past? (Courtesy: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington/NASA/Apollo 17 ...

Today, the atmosphere of our neighbor planet Venus is as hot as a pizza oven and drier than the driest desert on Earth - but it wasn't always that way. Billions of years ago, Venus had as much water ...

Illustration of Venus with visible atmosphere. (NewsNation) — Why did Venus, a planet about the same size as Earth and in just as good a distance from the sun to sustain life, become a lead-melting ...

NEW DELHI: Venus, often described as Earth's twin due to its similar size and mass, presents a stark contrast to our planet in terms of water content. Scientists have long been intrigued by the ...

But when we look at Mars, it seems to have been habitable for a period of time and then lost its atmosphere and its surface water. Mars' situation must be more common than Earth's.

The Japanese space agency said it has lost contact with its intrepid Venus spacecraft Akatsuki.