VERITAS
The Solar Wind is Stripping Oxygen and Carbon Away From Venus
The BepiColombo mission, a joint effort between JAXA and the ESA, was only the second (and most advanced) mission to…
NASA’s VERITAS Mission Breathes New Life
In a win for planetary scientists, and planetary geologists in particular, it was announced at the recent 55th Lunar and…
There are Mysteries at Venus. It’s Time for an Astrobiology Mission
When scientists detected phosphine in Venus' atmosphere in 2020, it triggered renewed, animated discussions about Venus and its potential habitability.…
Did Powerful Asteroid Impacts Make Venus So Different From Earth?
A new study connects impacts during Venus' early history to its smooth and "youthful" appearance today.
Astronomers Scan the Skies for Nanosecond Pulses of Light From Interstellar Civilizations
The VERITAS Collaboration and Breakthrough Listen just released the results of the first year of their survey for optical technosignatures.
Potentially Active Volcanoes Have Been Found on Venus
Using archival radar images taken in the 1990s by NASA’s Magellan spacecraft, scientists have found evidence of recent active volcanism…
Venus is Like an Exoplanet that’s Right Next Door
We're lucky to have a neighbour like Venus, even though it's totally inhospitable, wildly different from the other rocky planets,…
Volcanoes are the worst. They’ve caused extinctions on Earth, and probably killed Venus
Is there anything good about volcanoes? They can be violent, dangerous, and unpredictable. For modern humans, volcanoes are mostly an…
Will Venus finally answer, ‘Are we alone?’
We recently examined how and why Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, could answer the longstanding question: Are we alone? It’s the…
High Altitude Life Can’t Explain the Trace Gases in Venus’ Atmosphere
The planet Venus is one of the most inexplainable and mysterious planetary objects in our solar system as its surface…