New research reveals that Venus may still be geologically alive, with massive circular features pointing to hot plumes ...

New research strengthens the case that Venus, long considered a geologically stagnant world, may be more Earth-like in its ...

N.C. Coastal Land Trust's annual Flytrap Frolic, scheduled for June 7 in Wilmington, brings participants face-to-trap with.

When law makers discuss protecting endangered species, they mostly think about protecting mammals. Yet, S.C.'s diverse plant ...

Venus may not have Earth-style tectonic plates, but it’s far from geologically quiet. A new model shows its crust is ...

The Venus flytrap is famous for snapping up unsuspecting insects but it doesn’t stop there. In this video, discover the ...

Some plants, like Venus flytraps, eat animals like flies or frogs ... and it is the primary reason that Earth has so much ...

Given that it was intended to survive Venus’ harsh atmosphere, it’s expected to withstand its fiery plummet back to Earth. The probe likely had an engine burn that caused it to malfunction ...

Designed to survive a trip to Venus, the aging vehicle is believed to be capable of easily surviving a trip through Earth's atmosphere. NASA predicts the decaying probe could reenter Earth's ...

"Because it has a heat shield and it was designed to survive the rigors of Venus' atmosphere, what I expect is instead of burning up and melting, it will reenter essentially undamaged," he said.

There's also the possibility that the thousand-pound, meter-wide spherical lander burns up as it reenters Earth's atmosphere, but McDowell thinks that's unlikely. "Because it has a heat shield and it ...

More than five decades after a failed mission to Venus, a Soviet-era spacecraft is now on a return path to Earth. According to NASA, the Cosmos 482 probe—launched in 1972 and stuck in low Earth orbit ...