Unlike Earth, Venus currently does not operate with plate tectonics and is shrouded in a dense atmosphere that has led to extreme greenhouse conditions, rendering liquid water and life as we know ...

Mars will seem to disappear behind the full wolf moon Monday for many sky-gazers. Throughout January, also look up to see ...

People before you were feeding the atmosphere bad stuff. Feedin' it too many greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide and methane. These extra gases were trappin' too much heat, stopping it from goin ...

"Springtime on Earth has lots of trickling as water ice gradually melts. But on Mars, everything happens with a bang," Serina ...

A NASA satellite has spotted frozen "kidney beans" on Mars' sand dunes trapped in place until springtime. Photographing them ...

MORE: Museums and culture centers are offering discounts on tickets and memberships during winter Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will be the easiest to spot. Uranus and Neptune also are part of ...

Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will all be visible at the same time, splayed out across the night sky in a huge arc. Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are four of the five "naked ...

Although it will look its best and brightest for years to come, Mars will be dwarfed by Venus in pure brightness terms by late January. Between Jan. 28 and Feb. 27, Venus will swing close to Earth ...

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