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The ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter took this video of the glowing crescent of Venus as it passed the planet at a distance of about 5,000 miles during a gravity-assist flyby in August 2021.

Solar Orbiter spacecraft sends postcard from Venus in flyby video

By Tereza Pultarova published

Sun-exploring spacecraft Solar Orbiter has captured this video of a glowing crescent of Venus as it flew past the planet during a gravity-assist flyby on Monday (Aug 9).

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There is not enough water in the clouds of Venus to support life.

No hope for life in Venus clouds

By Tereza Pultarova published

Life in the clouds of Venus is impossible due to the extremely low amount of water despite last year's findings suggesting the presence of organic material.

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This image shows a 684-mile-wide (1,100 kilometers) false-color radar view of a lowland region on Venus called Lavinia Planitia. The colors show where Venus' crust, or lithosphere, is divided into structures a bit like Earth's tectonic plates. The purple regions are the blocks, and their divisions are colored in yellow.

Venus has a gooey flowing mantle jostling crust chunks on its surface

By Doris Elin Salazar published

Venus may still be geologically active today, which could mean that Earth's planetary sibling is a good place for scientists to learn about early Earth and faraway worlds.

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A NASA illustration shows the Pioneer 13 probes descending toward the clouds of Venus.

Did NASA detect a hint of life on Venus in 1978 and not realize it?

By Rafi Letzter published

What if scientists had started hunting for life on Venus in 1978?

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simulation of the surface of Venus, with the Northern Hemisphere displayed

'Grand claims' of life on Venus lack evidence, skeptics say

By Adam Mann published

A roundup of the various pushback and criticisms to the claim that there could be life on Venus

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An artist's concept showing a super-Venus on the left and Earth on the right.

Venus, once billed as Earth's twin, is a hothouse (and a tantalizing target in the search for life)

By Nola Taylor Redd published

As Earth's twin, Venus offers much in the search for life and habitable worlds.

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NASA snapped this image of Venus using its Mariner 10 probe during a flyby in 1974.

Possible hint of life discovered on Venus

By Rafi Letzter published

Phosphine, a chemical long thought to be a signature of life, is floating around in the clouds of Venus. How did it get there?

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See the moon, Venus and the Beehive star cluster in the early morning sky on Sept. 14, 2020.

See Venus swing by the crescent moon Monday morning

By Joe Rao published

The moon and Venus will form a triangle with the Beehive star cluster in the predawn sky on Monday (Sept. 14).

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You can see Venus and the moon in the "horns" of Taurus, the bull, on April 26, 2020.

See the bright 'evening star' Venus swing by the crescent moon tonight

By Hanneke Weitering published

After a close encounter with the moon on Sunday (April 26), Venus will be at its greatest brightness of the year on Tuesday (April 28).

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Oceans — and perhaps life — may once have thrived on Venus.

Did Venus, Earth's 'Twisted Sister' Hellscape Planet, Once Harbor Water — and Life?

By Mindy Weisberger published

Venus, our solar system's broiling, radiation-bombarded, sulfuric-acid-raining, toxic hellscape of a planet, may once have been quite nice, actually.

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