Venus
Earth and Venus are the Same Size, so Why Doesn’t Venus Have a Magnetosphere? Maybe it Didn’t Get Smashed Hard Enough
A new study lays out why Venus doiesn't have a magnetic field like Earth's. Basically, it may come down to…
Building Electronics That Can Work on Venus
A team from NASA's Glenn Research Center recently demonstrated a new class of electronics, which would be capable of operating…
Venus Express Probe Reveals the Planet’s Mysterious Night Side
A new study by an international team of scientists takes a look at Venus' mysterious night side, which revealed some…
NASA’s Plan to Explore Venus with a “SteamPunk” Rover
A team from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is moving into Phase II of their plan to send a clockwork rover…
NASA Plans to Send CubeSat To Venus to Unlock Atmospheric Mystery
As part of its Planetary Science Deep Space SmallSat Studies program, NASA has selected a CubeSat mission to study Venus'…
Construction Tips from a Type 2 Engineer: Collaboration with Isaac Arthur
Fraser Cain and Isaac Arthur team up again to bring you another epic collaboration. This time, it’s construction tips from…
Researchers Think They Know Why Venus Doesn’t Have as Many Volcanoes as Earth
A new study by researchers from St. Andrews University and the University of Strasbourg has shed light on why Venus…
Here’s a Plan to Send a Spacecraft to Venus, and Make Venus Pay for It
In the week's FISO Telecon Series, NASA engineer Michael Paul presented a novel concept for an in-situ miission to Venus.
Venus 2.0 Discovered In Our Own Back Yard
A team of international astronomers recently found the closest thing to a "Venus-like" planet in a nearby star system, which…
How Far is Venus From the Sun?
In addition to be the second closet planet to our Sun, Venus also has the most circular orbit - varying…