"We believe that continuing such activities will further expand our horizon in the field of planetary science." ...

A new global atlas of underground fungi suggests that some surprising biodiversity hot spots lie hidden beneath our feet.

On July 22, 1972, a spacecraft landed on Venus! The Soviet space probe Venera 8 was the second spacecraft to successfully ...

Venus, the second planet from the Sun, has long fascinated scientists and storytellers alike. Once imagined as a lush, Earth-like paradise hidden beneath thick clouds, recent discoveries have unveiled ...

The presence of apparent biological signatures on Venus has left UK-based researchers chasing down bacterial life in the ...

The answer to whether tiny bacterial lifeforms really do exist in the clouds of Venus could be revealed once-and-for-all by a UK-backed mission. Over the past five years researchers have detected ...