Scientists Spot First Known Lava Tube on Venus
Researchers had only hypothesized the existence of underground lava tubes on Venus—until now. Using decades-old radar data, a…
Eyes to the Skies for February: Rocket launch, winter constellations, eclipse and more
NASA has scheduled the launch for the Artemis II moon rocket for no earlier than Feb. 8. WTOP…
The moon and sun figure big in the new year’s lineup of cosmic wonders
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The moon and sun share top billing in 2026. Kicking off the year’s cosmic wonders is…
How one image taken from 3.7 billion miles away proved Earth is a speck in space
Voyager 1’s photographs included Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Venus. According to NASA’s website, ‘Mars was obscured by…
Scientists Think This Space Object Could Be From a Dead Civilization
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Object Arjuna 2025 PN7 was thought to be a…
‘Never Committing Suicide’: The Comet 3I/ATLAS Conversation That Triggered Elon Musk’s Declaration | US News
Comet 3I/ATLAS was first detected in July 2025 by the ATLAS survey telescope. Elon Musk made a dramatic…
Signal from last orbiting Venus probe dies
The U.S.’s Mariner 2 flew by in 1972. In 1975, a Soviet Venera probe was the first to…
Scientists Intrigued by Weird Structures on Surface of Venus
The surface of Venus is scoured with strange, quasi-circular features called coronae. Unlike anything seen on Earth today,…
Scientists Intrigued by Weird Structures on Surface of Venus
The surface of Venus is scoured with strange, quasi-circular features called coronae. Unlike anything seen on Earth today,…
Undetected, Dangerous Asteroids Could Be Lurking in Venus’s Orbit
Space can be a dangerous place, with massive rocks hurling through the solar system at fast speeds, some…
Venus Is Hiding Massive Underground Tunnels That Are Much Bigger Than Expected
Credit: ExtremeTech. Venus and Earth are sometimes called twins because they’re pretty much about the same size. They…
Japanese Probe That Famously Sent Fictional Pop Star to Venus Is Officially Dead
Venus is officially a lonely planet. After losing contact with the Akatsuki spacecraft last year, Japan’s space agency…