Researchers are exploring a theory that the planet “devoured” its moon ...

Venus' slow rotation and gravity may have caused a former moon to crash into the planet; if Venus once had a moon, the impact ...

A model suggests that Venus’s lower haze is formed by cosmic dust from meteoroids, with iron sulfate potentially explaining ...

What nobody knew then was that the haze is an accumulation of particles from meteorites. “Shooting stars” that burn up in the ...

Venus may have been capable of forming a moon early in its history, but new tidal models show that many plausible combinations of planetary spin and satellite mass would eventually send that moon ...

Venus has no moon today. But it may not always have been alone. A new study suggests that if a giant impact gave early Venus a substantial moon, tidal forces could eventually have reversed the ...

Explore how Venus may have swallowed its moon due to its slow rotation, leading to a once Earth-like world now scorched and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New research may have brought Earth and its inhospitable, "evil twin" even closer together. Today, Venus seems to lack the ...

One of the great mysteries in astronomy has been why Venus has no moon. Now a new theory provides a simple answer: It might have been eaten. Venus has nearly the same mass, size, and structure as ...

New research argues that the planet's rift valleys may indicate continuing tectonic activity, challenging the picture of a geologically inactive Venus.

An international team has made a significant breakthrough in understanding the tectonic evolution of terrestrial planets. Using advanced numerical models, the team systematically classified for the ...

Look west on September 18, when the planet reaches peak brilliance. Here’s what makes it so bright and how to see its crescent through a telescope.