Astronomers have discovered an asteroid inside Venus' orbit that not only circles the sun, but is also the second closest object to the star in the solar system, surpassing Venus itself. Known as ...

It says inside Venus throughout its entire orbit, and even comes close to the orbit of Mercury at some points. It has one of the shortest years of any asteroid discovered so far, completing an ...

In other words, microbial life may have hitchhiked from Earth to Venus via atmosphere-grazing asteroids. In fact, the duo show that plenty of asteroids have already made such a trip in their paper.

During its 151-day elongated orbit, it remains within the path of Venus while also approaching the orbit of Mercury. It likely was thrown into the intervenusian orbit by an encounter with another ...

"The mantle inside Venus pushes and pulls on the surface of the planet more strongly than Earth's mantle does," explained Baylor University planetary physicist Peter James, a member of the ...

Beneath the cloudy, thick atmosphere of Venus, the planet's surface shows signs of activity that may be much more recent than ancient, according to a new study. Venus has crown-shaped hotspots ...

A new analysis of 30-year-old data suggests something strange is happening within Earth’s evil twin—and it could mean the planet is alive. Venus might be hell, but don’t call it a dead ...