Venus
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![An illustration of a large corona in Venus' southern hemisphere shows active volcanism shaping the planet's surface.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pFHXhd747MeNi3D2vEvhSZ-320-80.jpg)
Venus has a squishy shell that might be key to its youthful look
By Robert Lea published
Earth's next-door neighbor Venus may have a "squishy" outer shell that gives the planet a "youthful" appearance and may reveal how it loses its interior heat, studies reveal.
![Venus as seen by Japan's Akatsuki spacecraft.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4QXzPGrAHzGmS9cDwvYLTF-320-80.jpg)
NASA scientist explains why Venus is Earth's 'evil twin' (video)
By Doris Elin Urrutia published
Scientists and engineers from NASA and the European Space Agency want to know a whole lot more about why Venus resembles Earth in so many ways, and yet is so strikingly different.
![Venus - Jan2023](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yvZFeWHyMQtaqoiXTiutma-320-80.jpg)
Venus will steal the show in the night sky throughout 2023
By Joe Rao published
The planet Venus is the undisputed star of the night skies throughout 2023
![An artist's depiction of the Mariner 2 spacecraft.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4hgcgopox8iyDkntgDtJvH-320-80.jpg)
60 years ago today, a spacecraft zipped past planet Venus for the 1st time ever
By Meghan Bartels published
It was the first planetary flyby ever.
![The day side of Venus covered in clouds as seen by Akatsuki](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Uq3duqeiWqg9QEVAVsj5Xh-320-80.jpg)
Search for possible sign of life in Venus' clouds comes up empty
By Andrew Jones published
The aircraft-borne SOFIA telescope could not find signs of a compound possibly linked to biological activity during observations of Venus' atmosphere.
![a mountain and surrounding rock in yellow with darker rock around it](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/unKfvA4aPYHBSJyauC5EiM-320-80.jpg)
Vast volcanic eruptions may have turned Venus from paradise into hell
By Keith Cooper published
Though hot and suffocating today, Venus may have once been a temperate world before massive volcanism changed it forever.
![small round probe against yellow sky and background](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WAHACFLeWBNz2wcKTddKUN-320-80.jpg)
Venus-bound NASA instrument preparing to brave the harsh atmosphere
By Robert Lea published
NASA scientists are preparing to paint the most detailed picture to date of the atmosphere of Venus when the aptly named DAVINCI mission drops a probe to the planet's surface.
![balloon earthquake detectors](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fRAJdE9xvZK8LTwiJgGium-320-80.jpg)
Scientists just detected an earthquake from a balloon and might be able to do it on Venus, too
By Meghan Bartels last updated
Researchers have detected an earthquake using instruments flying in a balloon above California, and the technology could one day detect quakes on Venus.
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