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Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty. As the brightest natural object in Earth's night sky after the Moon, Venus can cast shadows and can be, on rare occasion, visible to the naked eye in broad daylight. Venus lies within Earth's orbit, and so never appears to venture far from the Sun, either setting in the west just after dusk or rising in the east a little while before dawn. Venus orbits the Sun every 224.7 Earth days. With a rotation period of 243 Earth days, it takes longer to rotate about its axis than any other planet in the Solar System by far, and does so in the opposite direction to all but Uranus (meaning the Sun rises in the west and sets in the east). Venus does not have any moons, a distinction it shares only with Mercury among the planets in the Solar System.

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News  NASA’s Magellan Data Reveals Volcanic Activity on Venus

NASA’s Magellan Data Reveals Volcanic Activity on Venus

“In a first, scientists have seen direct evidence of active volcanism on Earth’s twin, setting the stage for the agency’s VERITAS mission to investigate. Direct geological evidence of recent volcanic activity has been observed on the surface of …

News  Study Finds Venus’ ‘Squishy’ Outer Shell May Be Resurfacing the Planet

Study Finds Venus’ ‘Squishy’ Outer Shell May Be Resurfacing the Planet

“The research uses archival NASA data to show that Venus may be losing heat from geologic activity in regions called coronae, possibly like early tectonic activity on Earth. Earth and Venus are rocky planets of about the same size and …

News  NASA Selects 2 Missions to Study ‘Lost Habitable’ World of Venus

NASA Selects 2 Missions to Study ‘Lost Habitable’ World of Venus

“NASA has selected two new missions to Venus, Earth’s nearest planetary neighbor. Part of NASA’s Discovery Program, the missions aim to understand how Venus became an inferno-like world when it has so many other characteristics similar to ours …

News  Then There Were 3: NASA to Collaborate on ESA’s New Venus Mission

Then There Were 3: NASA to Collaborate on ESA’s New Venus Mission

“As a key partner in the mission, NASA provides the synthetic aperture radar, called VenSAR, to make high-resolution measurements of the planet’s surface features. On June 10, 2021, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced the selection of EnVision as …

News  NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Discovers Natural Radio Emission in Venus’ Atmosphere

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Discovers Natural Radio Emission in Venus’ Atmosphere

“During a brief swing by Venus, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe detected a natural radio signal that revealed the spacecraft had flown through the planet’s upper atmosphere. This was the first direct measurement of the Venusian atmosphere in nearly …

News  Strange chemical in clouds of Venus defies explanation. Could it be a sign of life?

Strange chemical in clouds of Venus defies explanation. Could it be a sign of life?

“Is there life on Venus? A new discovery suggests we should look harder. Discovering life beyond Earth may well start with a sniff, a whiff of some chemical that scientists struggle to explain without invoking a strange, shadowy microbe. That …