Curious why scientists and space agencies focus on Earth’s hot sister? This hub outlines seven compelling reasons to explore Venus — from studying runaway greenhouse effects and volcanism to testing atmospheric probes, assessing habitability, and planning future missions. Follow the links to in-depth posts on science goals, mission concepts, and what discoveries about Venus could mean for Earth.
Planets travel at different speeds along their orbits around the Sun. Said orbits also become exponentially longer the farther away…
You might have heard that Venus is sometimes referred to as “Earth’s twin”. This is because, despite their very different…
A grand total of 46 different spacecraft have been launched with the mission of exploring Venus. Being one of our…
Venus and Saturn are two of the most prominent planets in the night sky. They can both be observed without…
If you could just look at Venus and Jupiter from afar at the same time, you might think they’d have…
Venus is one of our two neighbors in the Solar system and it is one of the most interesting planets…
With our current technology, a trip to Venus would take more than 3 months to make. Even though it is…
All of the eight planets in the Solar System formed approximately 4.6 billion years ago. They all have more or…
Mars and Venus are our two neighboring planets in the Solar system. Thanks to this, they are the planets that…
