Venus, the hottest planet in the solar system, is estimated to have 85,000 volcanoes, based on radar images from NASA's 1989 Magellan mission. Now, scientists have a new theory about what fuels the ...

You might be able to see the so-called 'smiley face' if you're just at the right spot. But this facial feature will only have ...

Stargazers across the UK will have to set an early alarm for Friday morning to catch a glimpse of this planet alignment ...

If true, it gives us new insight into the evolution of the planet." Related: This map of volcanoes on Venus is the best we've ever made (image) Convection is the process by which heated material ...

Pulling the plastic bins down the rough pavement of my driveway, I stare up at a smattering of stars and planets. I can’t see that many; the band of the Milky Way that I used to see nightly when I ...

Imagine standing on a scorched landscape where the ground is cracked and shimmering, and the sky glows a deep, fiery orange.

A new study indicates that Mercury's core-mantle boundary (CMB) may possess a diamond layer that extends up to 18 kilometers ...

Seismologist Deborah Kilb was wading through California earthquake records from the past four decades when she noticed ...

Professional astrologer Steph Koyfman reads your monthly horoscope—and spells out how it may shape your travels.