Most missions have observed Venus from afar, as the planet's climate is hot enough to melt lead. Take a look at some of the best images ever captured of the "evil twin" planet.

Further, those images weren’t even taken by a NASA spacecraft, as NASA has yet to land a spacecraft on the planet’s surface. Instead, the only photos of Venus’ surface we have to look at ...

It was only in 1970 that Venera 7 soft-landed on Venus – the first successful landing on another planet and the first transmission of data working on the hellish world for 23 minutes. Venera 8 ...

When scientists recently took a closer look at archival images taken of the surface of Venus by the NASA Magellan spacecraft, they discovered something new: evidence of volcanic activity on Earth ...

While in many ways different from Earth, Venus has some geological similarities to our own planet. And now, scientists have discovered evidence of volcanic activity on Venus.

Scientists discovered unexpected images of Venus in the background of Earth's weather satellite photos, enabling them to ...

The Facts. It is true that the image really does show the surface of Venus from the perspective of the Venera-13 lander—a Soviet-built spacecraft that landed on Venus' surface on March 1, 1982 ...

Radar and gravity records from NASA’s Magellan orbiter show that Venus' surface is still shifting and is not geologically ...

A swarm of large asteroids likely lurking around Venus could one day pose an "invisible threat" to Earth if left unchecked, ...

Researchers scouring decades-old spacecraft data have found clear signs of recent volcanic activity on Venus. The findings, published in the journal Science, reveal not only that the planet's ...

Volcanic activity on Venus spotted in radar images, ... "Aside from Earth," Herrick says, "it's the only planet that has true mountain ranges and a huge variety of volcanic features." ...