A new study reveals fresh signs of geological activity on Venus — clues that the planet's mysterious surface is still ...

Venus, known as Earth’s “sister planet,” is anything but hospitable. With its thick atmosphere, extreme pressure, and scorching heat, Venus has long been considered a lifeless world. However, recent ...

Updated on: May 28, 2024 / 11:21 AM EDT / CBS News Radar images of the surface of Venus appear to show fresh lava flows, suggesting active volcanoes on the planet.

Earth and its "evil twin" Venus are very different today, with the latter lacking plate tectonics. New research indicates Venus may have been much more like our planet than we suspected.

A computer-generated 3D model of Venus' surface provided by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory shows the volcano Sif Mons which is exhibiting signs of ongoing activity, in this undated handout image.

NASA is gearing up for its Parker Solar Probe to do a final flyby of Venus on Wednesday on its way to making history as the closest any human-made object has ever been to the sun. Parker will use ...

Most of Venus' surface is thought to be quite young — 200 million to 1 billion years old, compared with Mars' roughly 4 billion-year-old surface.

This is consistent with Venus having had a long-lasting dry surface and never having been habitable," Constantinou added. Venus is the second planet from the sun, and Earth the third.

Mostly because Venus is super hot -- its surface averages 887 degrees Fahrenheit. ("Like an oven's self-cleaning cycle," Landis said.) There's no water. Ninety percent of the planet is volcanic flows.

As an example, we considered a flight to Venus at launch in 2029 or 2031. For both cases maps of attainable landing areas on the surface were constructed.

Surface temperatures on Venus are about 900 degrees – hot enough to melt lead, according to NASA. And air pressure is 90 times that of Earth, as crushing as you would find a mile below the ocean.