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 ...

This is the last chance to catch the pair in conjunction this year—with Venus set to be unusually bright in the night sky.

Scientists of the Faculty of Geology and Geography Tomsk State University was the first in the world to create a geological map of the Phoebe region of the planet Venus with a detailed description of ...

"By this measure, investigations of planetary habitability can then focus on the conditions that allow surface liquid water ...

This explains why Haastte-Baad appears sunken today, providing a glimpse into Venus’s ever-changing surface. Similar geological features exist on Earth, such as the dike swarm near Lake Victoria.