Venus Facts - NASA Science Venus is similar in structure and size to Earth, and is sometimes called Earth's evil twin Its thick atmosphere traps heat in a runaway greenhouse effect, making it the hottest planet in our solar system with surface temperatures hot enough to melt lead
Venus - Science@NASA Facts About Venus Venus is the second planet from the Sun, and the sixth largest planet It’s the hottest planet in our solar system Venus is a cloud-swaddled planet and our nearest planetary neighbor It has a surface hot enough to melt lead
Venus Resources - NASA Science As it sped away from Venus in February 1974, NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft captured this seemingly peaceful view of Venus But, contrary to its serene appearance, Venus is a world of intense heat, crushing atmospheric pressure and clouds of corrosive acid
Images of Venus - Science@NASA This hemispheric view of Venus was created using radar observations, including images from NASA's Magellan spacecraft Magellan imaged more than NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft snapped a series of images as it approached Venus on June 5, 2007 The planet is enshrouded
About the Planets - Science@NASA The first four planets from the Sun are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars These inner planets also are known as terrestrial planets because they have solid surfaces
Solar System Temperatures - NASA Science Planetary surface temperatures tend to get colder the farther a planet is from the Sun Venus is the exception, as its proximity to the Sun, and its dense atmosphere make it our solar system's hottest planet
Solar System Exploration - Science@NASA VERITAS VERITAS and DAVINCI will be the first NASA spacecraft to explore Venus since the 1990s VERITAS will launch no earlier than 2031
Venus Cloud Tops - NASA Science Venus is covered with clouds made of sulfuric acid, rather than the water-vapor clouds found on Earth These clouds permanently shroud Venus' volcanic surface, which has been radar mapped by spacecraft and from Earth-based telescope At ultraviolet wavelengths cloud patterns become distinctive
Venus Exploration - Science@NASA Venus Exploration Dozens of spacecraft have launched to explore Venus, but not all have been successful NASA's Mariner 2 was the first spacecraft to visit any planet beyond Earth when it flew past Venus on Dec 14, 1962 NASA is planning two new missions to Venus: VERITAS, and DAVINCI
Planetary Analogs - NASA Science To find out what kind of erosion has happened, scientists study the patterns left behind On Mars, for example, ancient shorelines and dry riverbeds hint at a watery past Many patterns are common throughout our solar system – like sand dunes, found on Earth, Mars, Venus, and Saturn ’s moon Titan