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Idunn Mons on Venus may be an active volcano. A thermal map from the ESA Venus Express spacecraft is overlain on topographical data from NASA’s Magellan spacecraft, indicating the peak of the volcano is warmer than its surroundings. Credit: ESA / NASA

I'm your Venus, I'm your fire

By Phil Plait 4 years ago

Idunn Mons on Venus may be an active volcano. A thermal map from the ESA Venus Express spacecraft is overlain on topographical data from NASA’s Magellan spacecraft, indicating the peak of the volcano is warmer than its surroundings. Credit: ESA / NASA

Are volcanoes on Venus erupting right now? Like literally, right now?

By Phil Plait 4 years ago

NASA image of Venus

Venus could tell us if life on Earth is headed for an inferno

By Elizabeth Rayne 4 years ago

Venus

Venus was once a raging fireball of lava and chaos

By Elizabeth Rayne 5 years ago

NASA image of volcano on Venus

Could anything have ever lived on Venus?

By Elizabeth Rayne 5 years ago

NASA image of Venus

Failed Venus space probe from early 1970s crashing to Earth soon

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A fanciful depiction of the near-Venus asteroid 2019 AQ3, with the asteroid Itokawa standing in for AQ3. Credits: Itokawa: JAXA; Venus: Damian Peach; Mosaic: Phil Plait

A new telescope spots a very rare near-Venus asteroid

By Phil Plait 5 years ago

Venus in ultraviolet shows interesting — and difficult to explain — contrasts in the cloud blanket. Credit: JAXA / ISAS / DARTS / Damia Bouic

Life in hell: Could Venus have a bacterial infection?

By Phil Plait 6 years ago

Jupiter and Ganymede

Believe it or not, these planetary pictures were taken from Earth!

By Phil Plait 7 years ago