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 ...

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

In the midst of the pre-conclave atmosphere, with an eye toward the election of the new pope, the Catholic Church experienced another moment of profound hope with the ordination of 23 new ...

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 ...

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 ...

A group of researchers studying a nature reserve in the Tibetan Himalayas set up a trail camera in hopes of spotting elusive species. What they found was as exciting as anything they could have ...

“The 495 kg lander was made to withstand the extremely harsh conditions of Venus’ hostile atmosphere and designed to 300 Gs of acceleration and 100 atmospheres of pressure,” it said in a ...

More than 50 years ago, a Soviet mission to Venus failed, and now the capsule will crash uncontrollably to Earth and probably not burn up. In a few days, a failed Venus probe from the Soviet Union ...