Venus | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/venus/RSS feed for VenusenTue, 30 Dec 2025 13:30:00 +0000Don’t Miss These Ten Celestial Events in 2026, From Aligned Planets to a Total Solar Eclipsehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/dont-miss-these-ten-celestial-events-in-2026-from-aligned-planets-to-a-total-solar-eclipse-180987931/The upcoming year will offer a blood-red moon, spectacular meteor showers and the first glimpse of the sun’s corona since April 2024Tue, 30 Dec 2025 13:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/dont-miss-these-ten-celestial-events-in-2026-from-aligned-planets-to-a-total-solar-eclipse-180987931/A Soviet Spacecraft Is About to Crash Back to Earth After Being Stuck in Orbit for 53 Yearshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-soviet-spacecraft-is-about-to-crash-back-to-earth-after-being-stuck-in-orbit-for-53-years-180986522/The Cosmos 482 lander was intended to reach Venus, but it has instead been circling Earth since 1972Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-soviet-spacecraft-is-about-to-crash-back-to-earth-after-being-stuck-in-orbit-for-53-years-180986522/Seven Planets Will Gather in the Night Sky This Weekend. Here's What to Expect During the Rare Alignmenthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/seven-planets-will-gather-in-the-night-sky-this-weekend-heres-what-to-expect-during-the-rare-alignment-180986134/While such a lineup is uncommon, the event might not look exactly how you’re imagining itThu, 27 Feb 2025 20:54:01 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/seven-planets-will-gather-in-the-night-sky-this-weekend-heres-what-to-expect-during-the-rare-alignment-180986134/Venus, the Planet of Love, Will Shine Bright on Valentine's Day. Here's How to See Ithttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/venus-the-planet-of-love-will-shine-bright-on-valentines-day-heres-how-to-see-it-180986040/Around the time of your romantic dinner, head outside and look to the southwest to spot the super brilliant planet in the night skyTue, 11 Feb 2025 19:55:10 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/venus-the-planet-of-love-will-shine-bright-on-valentines-day-heres-how-to-see-it-180986040/Did Venus Have Oceans? This Surprising New Study Suggests Not, a Theory That Could Upend the Search for Extraterrestrial Lifehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/did-venus-have-oceans-surprising-new-study-suggests-not-theory-could-upend-180985579/The astronomers behind the research looked to the output from the nearby planet's toxic volcanoes for cluesThu, 05 Dec 2024 11:45:13 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/did-venus-have-oceans-surprising-new-study-suggests-not-theory-could-upend-180985579/Venus Might Still Have Active Volcanoes, as Recent Lava Flows Suggest 'Ongoing' Eruptionshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/venus-might-still-have-active-volcanoes-as-recent-lava-flows-suggest-ongoing-eruptions-180984421/Astronomers have again discovered evidence of recent volcanic activity on Earth's sister planet in data from the 1990sWed, 29 May 2024 15:02:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/venus-might-still-have-active-volcanoes-as-recent-lava-flows-suggest-ongoing-eruptions-180984421/The Six Most Amazing Discoveries We’ve Made by Exploring Venushttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-six-most-amazing-discoveries-weve-made-by-exploring-venus-180983787/Our sister planet’s cloudy exterior gave it an aura of mystery—until humanity developed the technology to probe past the veilWed, 14 Feb 2024 15:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-six-most-amazing-discoveries-weve-made-by-exploring-venus-180983787/How to Watch Five Planets Align in the Night Sky This Weekhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-to-watch-five-planets-align-in-the-night-sky-this-week-180981883/Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Uranus will appear as if in a parade in the Western sky on TuesdayMon, 27 Mar 2023 17:40:03 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-to-watch-five-planets-align-in-the-night-sky-this-week-180981883/Scientists Spot Recent Volcanic Activity on Venushttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-spot-recent-volcanic-activity-on-venus-180981831/The findings in 30-year-old radar image data all but confirm that volcanoes on Earth’s hellish sister planet are still active todayFri, 17 Mar 2023 18:38:17 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-spot-recent-volcanic-activity-on-venus-180981831/Venus May Still Be Geologically Active https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/study-suggests-venus-may-still-be-geologically-active-180978041/Radar images of the planet’s surface suggest large sections of its crust appear to have moved in the geologically recent pastWed, 23 Jun 2021 10:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/study-suggests-venus-may-still-be-geologically-active-180978041/