Rocket Lab and MIT are poised to send the first private mission to Venus, to search for signs of life
At only 2% the cost of NASA's Venus missions, this trip will be quite a bargain.
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Venus’ clouds may be habitable to acid-neutralizing lifeforms
Could we find microbial life on Venus after all?
Venus is a no-lifer — and probably always was
Ancient aliens may have not found Venus that appealing.
Study dismisses possibility of life in the clouds of Venus
Don't worry, there could still be life in the clouds of other planets
Two new NASA missions earmarked for ‘lost habitable’ planet Venus
We haven't been there in a while.
Parker Solar Probe reveals dazzling image of Venus
During a flyby, the NASA spacecraft surprised scientists with an image of the Venusian surface.
Phosphine on Venus? It’s probably just sulfur dioxide
Life on Venus is as unlikely as ever.
Venus may still be volcanically active
"If Venus is indeed active today, it would make a great place to visit," said researchers,
Astronomers stunned by hellish world where it rains rocks on oceans of molten lava
Scientists hope to verify their observations with the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope in 2021.
Venus might be a hellscape today because of Jupiter
The bigger they are the… harder they mess up Venus, I guess.
Scientists confirm Venus is still volcanically active
This suggests that the planet's interior is still churning away.
The hottest planet in the solar system — and why it’s probably not what you think
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the hottest of them all?
Venus might still be volcanically active, according to its infrared emissions
Earth's sister planet might also enjoy a bit of volcanism.
Mercury is the planet closest to Earth — contrary to popular belief
There's also a whirly-dirly corollary associated with this new method.
After exploring Venus’ dark side, scientists find unexpected weather
Strange things happen in the dark.
Conditions on early-Venus might have allowed for an ocean of liquid water
Well, they don't anymore.
Venus does tectonics without any plates — and it’s possible young Earth did it too
Goddesses... always have to stand out, don't they?
NASA creates computers that can survive on Venus, 30 years after the last landings
They'll have to face boiling acids and extreme pressures.
Mayans may have been better at math and astronomy than we thought
Anthropologists have shown that Mayan tablets of math and astronomy have been greatly underestimated.
Venus could once have been a very welcoming planet, NASA study found
Now? Not so much.