Soviet Union launched the Venera 5 spacecraft, which was part of an ongoing mission to explore Earth’s sister planet, Venus.

Venus is not at the top of the list when thinking of life elsewhere in our Solar System. Compared to Earth, it's a hellhole. With 96% of the atmosphere made up of carbon dioxide, it has ...

but we wanted to take a different approach based on observations of Venus' current atmospheric chemistry," said Constantinou. "To keep the Venusian atmosphere stable, then any chemicals being ...

Nasa has announced that it is sending two new missions to Venus in order to examine the planet's atmosphere and geological features. The missions, which have each been awarded $500m (£352m ...

A new study found very little water in the planet's atmosphere, and suggests Venus never had enough liquid surface water to host life. Life as we know it may never have had a chance on Venus ...