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a large hazy venus shines three quarters illuminated, gasses crossing the surface as blurred stripes.

NASA just beamed a Missy Elliott song to Venus

By Stefanie Waldek published

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

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venus, with its mottled tan-and-brown atmosphere, is seen against the blackness of space

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

By Andrew Jones published

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

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an orange/yellow mountainous landscape beneath a thin black sky.

Volcanoes on Venus might be erupting right now

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

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

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An artist's depiction of the BepiColombo mission flying past Venus.

Venus is leaking carbon and oxygen, a fleeting visit by BepiColombo reveals

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

BepiColombo spotted an outpour of carbon and oxygen atoms in Venus' fragile magnetic environment

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a clouded tan planet hangs in black space. in the foreground, scattered in front of the planet, are large computer-generated images of molecule branches of red, blue, grey, white and yellow.

Life as we know it could exist on Venus, new experiment reveals

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

Some of the building blocks of life are surprisingly stable in Venus-like conditions, according to a new lab experiment.

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Artist's illustration of Venus

Venus facts: Everything you need to know about the 2nd planet from the sun

By Charles Q. Choi, Chelsea Gohd last updated

Reference Uncover the mysteries of Venus, the solar system's scorching second planet from the sun, renowned for its intense heat and brightness.

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A colored diagram showing Zoozve's orbit.

Zoozve — the strange 'moon' of Venus that earned its name by accident

By Monisha Ravisetti published

The first quasi-moon ever discovered is now officially named Zoozve.

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Looped video footage of a green flash coming from Venus in the night sky

Photographer snaps extremely rare 'green flash' coming from Venus

By Harry Baker published

A brief flash of green light was recently spotted coming from Venus in the night sky. The colorful shimmer has only been seen a handful of times before.

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venus is seen against the blackness of space in this photo by a spacecraft.

No alien life needed: Dark streaks in Venus' atmosphere can be explained by iron minerals

By Keith Cooper published

The dark streaks in Venus' atmosphere — a potential sign of life, according to some researchers — can be explained by Iron-bearing sulfate minerals, a new study reports.

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on the left, a yellow planet with streaks of browns. on the right, a small inset image showing its surface, covered in craters

Wispy ice clouds may form above Venus' hellish surface

By Robert Lea published

The surface of Venus is a hellscape with temperatures hot enough to melt lead, but some regions of its atmosphere high over the surface remain cool enough to harbor ice and birth ghostly clouds

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