Mars has always been the top target for human colonization, but what if Venus is a better option? While its surface is extreme, the upper atmosphere has conditions similar to Earth, making it a ...

Japan’s Himawari weather satellites, designed to watch Earth, have quietly delivered a decade of infrared snapshots of Venus.

Mercury will be visible west of the sunset until July 6. Venus, Mars, Saturn and Neptune will be visible throughout June. Six planets in the solar system will be visible in the earth sky this June.

Venus will loll around in these pleasured pastures until July 4. Named for the Roman goddess of love and fertility, Venus is the fine, divine feminine counterpart to aggro jockstrap warlord Mars.

NASA Odyssey orbiter snapped a first-ever image of a Mars volcano peeking above clouds before dawn. It’s twice as tall as Earth’s largest volcano.

Elon Musk, who founded SpaceX in 2002, has a bold vision for sending Starship to Mars. Experts weigh in on what's realistic and what's overly optimistic.

Robert Zubrin quite literally wrote the book on why humanity should go to Mars—so why has the renowned aerospace engineer soured on Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur leading the charge?

More information: Erica Luzzi et al, Geomorphological Evidence of Near‐Surface Ice at Candidate Landing Sites in Northern Amazonis Planitia, Mars, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets (2025).