In 1972, the Soviet Union launched a pair of space probes destined for Venus. While the USSR’s Venera 8 successfully reached ...

We were doing the typical planet vetting, and I happened to spot this signal that appeared very unusual.” An orbiting ...

Being that close to the star means that the temperatures there would be epic, at almost 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit, with the planet covered in magma which is boiling away into space. “The extent ...