Did Venus have oceans in its ancient past and could they have supported life as we know it, or even as we don’t know it? This is what a recent study published in Nature Astronomy hopes to address as a ...

WASHINGTON - Earth is an ocean world, with water covering about 71% of its surface. Venus, our closest planetary neighbor, is sometimes called Earth's twin based on their similar size and rocky ...

Venus may be a sweltering wasteland today, but scientists have questioned whether the planet was always so inhospitable. While previous studies suggested Venus might have once been covered in oceans, ...

It's possible that Venus and Earth once simultaneously existed as pleasant worlds hosting mild temperatures and oceans. Then, something went awry. In new research, planetary scientists simulated how ...

Venus, the second planet from our Sun, vividly demonstrates why the greenhouse effect makes life impossible. With an average surface temperature of roughly 1000º F (500º C) under a toxic atmosphere ...

For decades, many scientists believed that Venus, our closest neighbor, was once more like Earth before it turned into the scorching planet with clouds of sulfuric acid we know today. A new study has ...

Although the Venus we know today is unfathomably hot and toxic, some researchers have long suspected that Earth's neighboring "twin" was once capable of supporting life. As the theory goes, Venus was ...

ASL STREAM - Often called Earth's twin, there is much debate over Venus' status as a watery world: If Venus had oceans, where did all that water go? Join Rita Parai from Washington University in St.

A computer-generated 3D model of Venus’ surface provided by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory shows the volcano Sif Mons which is exhibiting signs of ongoing activity, in this undated handout image.