South Korea’s state-backed Institute for Basic Science has ordered the first of five cubesats to study Venus from LEO ...

A study suggests that Venus' volcanic "pancake domes" push the planet's crust down, forming bulges toward the surface. This ...

Dozens of NASA's missions to explore the cosmos could be in jeopardy under a budget proposal from the Trump administration.

Dozens of NASA's spaceflight missions that launched from Florida could be in jeopardy under a budget proposal from the Trump ...

A new study suggests the planet’s iconic domes owe their strange shape to both thick lava and a flexible surface.

In 2021, scientists at Arizona State University, the California Institute of Technology, and the University of California, ...

The research supports the argument that Venus’ tectonics are active today, he says. What’s more, the demonstrated ability of computer simulations to predict what spacecraft may observe will be a boon ...

As NASA rolls out more powerful telescopes in the future, scientists will need a way to determine where to point them. A new ...

NASA has shared huge news about a discovery made on Mars. After a decade of searching, NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere Volatile ...

Venus, often called Earth’s evil twin, is home to some of the most peculiar geological features in the solar system. Among ...

Chapter 5: Planetary Orbits Chapter Objectives Upon completion of this chapter you will be able to describe in general terms the characteristics of various types of planetary orbits. You will be able ...