Tidal forces from Earth, Venus and Jupiter may help keep the sun calm, reducing the risk of powerful solar storms that ...

Jupiter and Venus, the two brightest planets in our solar system, should be widely visible for much of August in the northern hemisphere.

Venus and Jupiter, the brightest planets in our solar system, are about to make their closest approach during their August ...

Each planet and moon in our Solar System poses unique challenges, from deadly heat and toxic skies to crushing gravity and ...

No other planet in the solar system comes as close to matching Earth. In fact, until the middle of the 20th century, many scientists suspected that Venus was a near twin to Earth.

Venus as seen from the International Space Station in 2015. Image: NASA/JAXA It’s hot. It’s toxic. It spins backwards and is covered in volcanoes. And we’re headed there soon.

The surface of Venus is now far less-inviting. It is the hottest planet in the solar system—scorching surface temperatures clock in at 880 degrees Fahrenheit, which is hot enough to melt lead.

We could see a Venus life hunt in the next few years as well. California-based company Rocket Lab aims to launch a private mission to Earth's hellishly hot sister planet in 2023.

If we were to wind the clock back some 4.5 billion years ago, to the early days of our Solar System, we would have seen a young, G-class star with four rocky worlds interior to our asteroid belt.