The Latest Breaking News from Venus

Watch out for jealousy and obsessive behaviour.

Five global space agencies are preparing landmark missions to explore Venus—Earth's fiery twin—unlocking secrets about its atmosphere, surface, and volcanic past.

Several new missions to Venus are expected in the late 2020s and early 2030s, but some of them depend on funding that may not materialize.

As humans began to explore outer space in the latter half of the 20th century, radio waves proved a powerful tool. Scientists could send out radio waves to communicate with satellites, rockets and other spacecraft, and use radio telescopes to take in radio waves emitted by objects throughout the universe.