New simulations suggest that up to four of the solar system's rocky planets, including Earth and a long-lost world, once ...

Recent simulations and research have unveiled a fascinating new insight into the history of the solar system’s terrestrial ...

Venus, Earth’s closest planetary neighbor is one of the most extreme and hostile environments in the Solar System. With blistering temperatures, toxic clouds, and crushing atmospheric pressure, the ...

The Perseid shower, considered the most impressive of the year, will peak on Aug. 12-13, according to NASA. Meteor showers ...

The Bosumtwi impact crater in Ghana is different, however. It is well preserved (not deeply eroded or buried under sediments) ...

Venus reaches its highest altitude above the eastern horizon in 2025 on Aug. 1. Venus will reach its highest altitude in the ...

For millennia, Venus has graced our skies as the brilliant "Morning Star" or "Evening Star," its dazzling presence inspiring ...

The recent fall to Earth of a failed Soviet Venus probe from the 1970s has become a detective story of sorts. Different computer models were used to predict the reentry.

“There is a range of orbits with eccentricities lower than 0.38 for which Venus’ co-orbitals can pose a collisional hazard to Earth,” scientists wrote.

“We know that on Earth there are long-term atmospheric cycles, so it could happen on Venus as well. We can’t dismiss this possibility at the moment.” Volcanoes, however, are a lot more likely.