The Science of Siblings is a series exploring the ways our siblings can influence us, from our money and our mental health all the way down to our very molecules. We’ll be sharing these stories over ...

Venus's reputation as a cautionary tale of an Earth Gone Bad may have been somewhat exaggerated. We've thought that, before ...

An international team has made a significant breakthrough in understanding the tectonic evolution of terrestrial planets.

There is very little doubt that Earth is getting warmer, and that this warming is a result of human-driven gases in the atmosphere that store heat and redirect it toward our planet's surface. And ...

New research may have brought Earth and its inhospitable, "evil twin" even closer together. Today, Venus seems to lack the tectonic activity seen on Earth, but surface features like faults, folds and ...

Visualize Earth with an atmosphere as thick and harsh as Venus. Legal analysts react to Trump’s plan to terminate Biden ...

Planetary scientists announced some big news this week about our next-door neighbor, Venus. For the first time, they had found direct evidence that Venus has active, ongoing volcanic activity.

Some lucky stargazers could have a double feature of the planet Venus this weekend. On Saturday and Sunday, the Earth will have an inferior conjunction (closest approach) with Venus, the sixth-largest ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Venus will pass between the Earth and sun on Saturday during what’s called an inferior conjunction. But don’t plan on seeing the linkup. The sight is extremely difficult to spot ...

The Science of Siblings is a series exploring the ways our siblings can influence us, from our money and our mental health all the way down to our very molecules. We'll be sharing these stories over ...

Earth, Mars and Venus all looked pretty similar when they first formed. Today, Mars is dry, cold, and dusty; Venus has a hot, crushing atmosphere.... Venus and Earth used to look like 'twin' planets.