Our planetary neighbor Venus is thought to have once had water, like Earth, but how it became the hellish world it is today has remained a mystery to scientists for decades. Now, however ...

Scientists may have identified a molecule that played a key role in robbing Venus of its water and turned this planet into the arid, hellish world we see today. Venus is often called "Earth's twin" ...

A team of researchers led by the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) has found why Venus, Earth's nearest planetary neighbor, is so devoid of moisture. The experts delved deep into what ...

Scientists may have identified a molecule that played a key role in robbing Venus of its water and turned this planet into the arid, hellish world we see today. Venus is often called "Earth's twin ...

Today, the atmosphere of our neighbor planet Venus is as hot as a pizza oven and drier than the driest desert on Earth – but it wasn’t always that way. Billions of years ago, Venus had as much ...

"Venus has 100,000 times less water than the Earth, even though it's basically the same size and mass." Scientists may have identified a molecule that played a key role in robbing Venus of its ...

For years, scientists puzzled over Venus's water loss and transformation into a desert-like world. Understanding why water ...

A new water loss mechanism on Venus explains how the planet lost all its water, turning the planet from a potentially habitable world into the parched hellscape we know today. Scientists have ...

Venus lost most of its water due to thermal and non-thermal processes, with new research suggesting a crucial advance.

Astronomers have made the rare and tantalizing discovery of an Earth-like exoplanet 40 light-years away that may be just a ...

The Japanese space agency said it has lost contact with its intrepid Venus spacecraft Akatsuki.