Scientists have recently discovered compounds on Venus that support life back on Earth, bringing up the question of whether life exists on other planets. The compound that was found on Venus is ...

A new study suggests that a once-daily atmospheric tidal cycle may be a bigger driver of rapid Venusian winds than previously ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Nearly three years ago, scientists discovered a chemical gas in the atmosphere of Venus pointing ...

A gas on Earth has also been detected in the atmosphere of Venus.While it may not signify the presence of life, the "entirely surprising" discovery of phosphine could hint at unknown processes ...

Each planet and moon in our Solar System poses unique challenges, from deadly heat and toxic skies to crushing gravity and endless storms.

Provided we manage to stick around for a few more centuries, it feels almost inevitable that we'll eventually send some of our numbers to populate other worlds. How that happens isn't wholly clear.

What a difference 180 years makes. Back in the 1830s, a Scottish minister and amateur astronomer named Thomas Dick tried to calculate the number of intelligent creatures in the universe. He assumed ...

The co-founder of OceanGate—the expedition company involved in the recent Titanic wreck submersible disaster—is now setting his sights on something even more ambitious than the bottom of the Atlantic: ...

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