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Stephen Hawking recently described a runaway climate scenario in which Earth turns into a hothouse planet like Venus, but most climate experts say it is a gross exaggeration.

NASA's upcoming sun-studying mission, which will come much closer to Earth's star than any spacecraft in history, has been renamed the Parker Solar Probe, agency officials announced today (May 31).

Humans have sent spacecraft to the moon, the red planet Mars and even distant interstellar space, but can we send a spaceship to the scorching sun?

NASA's next low-cost planetary missions will attempt to unravel the mysteries of some odd asteroids.

Two marble statues representing the ancient goddess Aphrodite/Venus were recently found at Petra, an ancient city in Jordan.

A sunrise photograph shows an unusual volcano sending ash toward a conjunction of Venus, Jupiter and the moon. Tanzania's Ol Doinyo Lengai is the only active volcano of its kind.

Capturing Venus pass before the sun is a rare sight that, if you missed it, you may not live to see.

The story behind a well-known image of the 1987 occultation of Venus by the moon.

Researcher finds convincing evidence for water molecules inside Venus.