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The 1st private mission to Venus comes together ahead of possible 2026 launch (photos)

By Leonard David published 16 March 25

The first private spacecraft mission to Venus, Rocket Lab's Photon Spacecraft, will take on the planet's hellish conditions with the aid of a novel woven heat shield called "HEEET."

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Exploring Venus may require exotic tech like balloons and 'aerobots'

By Leonard David published 8 February 25

Scientists are proposing ways to explore Venus in the next decade and beyond by way of a host of advanced technologies, from balloons to long-lived landers.

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Did Venus ever have oceans to support life, or was it 'born hot'?

By Robert Lea published 2 December 24

New research suggests that Venus may never have possessed liquid water oceans. That would mean "Earth's evil twin" was always hostile to life.

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Venus' 'missing' giant impact craters may be hiding in plain sight

By Keith Cooper published 7 November 24

Venus' wrinkled, deformed "tesserae" terrain may be ancient impact features the size of continents, a new study suggests.

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Scientists find surprising clue about Venus' past in its atmosphere

By Victoria Corless published 27 August 24

Scientists found an unexpected ratio of hydrogen to deuterium in Venus' atmosphere, offering clues about the world's past.

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Earth's 'evil twin' Venus may have mirrored our planet more than expected

By Victoria Corless published 6 August 24

Earth and its "evil twin" Venus are very different today, with the latter lacking plate tectonics. New research indicates Venus may have been much more like our planet than we suspected.

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Venus may be able to support life, new atmospheric evidence suggests

By Keith Cooper published 2 August 24

Preliminary evidence for gases that could be biosignatures have been found in the atmosphere of Venus, but even if these biosignatures are real, does it necessarily imply life?

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NASA just beamed a Missy Elliott song to Venus

By Stefanie Waldek published 19 July 24

"The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” traveled 158 million miles (254 million kilometers) to our neighbor.

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Japan loses contact with Akatsuki, humanity's only active Venus probe

By Andrew Jones published 30 May 24

The Japanese space agency has lost contact with its intrepid Venus orbiter, Akatsuki.

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Volcanoes on Venus might be erupting right now

By Sharmila Kuthunur published 28 May 24

Venus may be as geologically active as Earth, with volcanoes possibly spewing on its surface in the present day.

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