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Surviving hostile Venus conditions with new alloy and sensor technologies
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 11, 2025 Whether building alloys that can power rovers on Venus or devising portable sensors to detect rare earths on Earth, University of Pittsburgh researcher Paul Ohodnicki is advancing materials science for critical frontiers. His team has earned two 2025 R and D 100 Awards for VulcanAlloy and eMission Critical Sensor technologies. The annual awards honor innovation with practical impact across global industries. "We work on problems that matter as opposed to ones that just interest us," said Ohodnicki ... read more |
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ESA Jupiter probe ready for Venus flyby to get some gravity juice.Washington DC (UPI) Aug 27, 2025 The European Space Agency's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer is ready for a planned flyby of Venus on Sunday after the agency fixed its communications system. ... more 
Juice mission on track for Venus flyby after spacecraft communications restoredParis, France (SPX) Aug 25, 2025 The European Space Agency's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) has resumed normal operations after a communications anomaly temporarily cut contact during its cruise to Venus for a critical gravity- ... more
Life on Venus? UK probe could reveal the answerLondon, UK (SPX) Jul 14, 2025 The answer to whether tiny bacterial lifeforms really do exist in the clouds of Venus could be revealed once-and-for-all by a UK-backed mission. Over the past five years researchers have detec ... more 
Venus atmosphere mapped over a decade using Himawari satellite dataTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 02, 2025 Infrared imaging from Japan's Himawari-8 and -9 meteorological satellites has enabled researchers to track temperature changes in the upper atmosphere of Venus over a ten-year period. Led by the Uni ... more |
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EnVision to uncover Venus secretsParis, France (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has finalized a 367 million euro contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) for the delivery of a new satellite suppo ... more
NASA DAVINCI Mission's Many 'Firsts' to Unlock Venus' Hidden SecretsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 17, 2024 NASA's DAVINCI - Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging - mission embodies the spirit of innovation and exploration that its namesake, Leonardo da Vinci, was famo ... more 
A rare Venus solar transit sheds light on exoplanet atmospheresLondon, UK (SPX) Dec 06, 2024 In the coming decade, astronomers will begin exploring the atmospheres of Earth- and Venus-sized planets orbiting nearby stars. Despite their physical similarities, Venus and Earth have drastically ... more 
Researchers conclude Venus was never suitable for liquid water or lifeLondon, UK (SPX) Dec 03, 2024 A study led by astronomers at the University of Cambridge has determined that Venus has likely remained a dry, inhospitable planet for its entire history, countering long-standing speculation that t ... more 
Three Ways to Track Venusquakes, from Balloons to SatellitesWashington DC (SPX) Nov 28, 2024 Instruments aboard robotic landers have measured seismicity on the Moon and Mars, helping researchers learn about the inner workings of those celestial bodies. But the internal makeup of Venus is st ... more |
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Final Venus Flyby sets up Parker Solar Probe for closest sun skim
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 05, 2024 On Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, NASA's Parker Solar Probe will complete its final Venus gravity assist maneuver, passing within 233 miles (376 km) of Venus' surface. The flyby will adjust Parker's trajectory into its final orbital configuration, bringing the spacecraft to within an unprecedented 3.86 million miles of the solar surface on Dec. 24, 2024. It will be the closest any human made object has been to the Sun. Parker's Venus flybys have become boons for new Venus science thanks to a chance disc ... read more 
Impact craters on Venus revealed by new researchLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2024 Researchers have discovered what may be a long-hidden record of ancient impact craters on Venus, shedding light on a planetary history distinct from Earth's. Unlike Earth, where wind, water, and tec ... more |
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Old data yields new secrets as NASA's DAVINCI is prepped for Venus missionGreenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 22, 2024 Due to launch in the early 2030s, NASA's DAVINCI mission will investigate whether Venus - a sweltering world wrapped in an atmosphere of noxious gases - once had oceans and continents like Earth. ... more 
Parker Solar Probe Lines Up for Final Venus FlybyBaltimore MD (SPX) Sep 11, 2024 NASA's Parker Solar Probe executed a short maneuver on Aug. 26 that kept the spacecraft on course for the mission's seventh and final planned Venus flyby on Nov. 6. Operating on preprogrammed ... more 
Venus' Mesosphere Shows Sharp Rise in Deuterium to Hydrogen RatioTokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 21, 2024 Researchers using the Solar Occultation in the Infrared (SOIR) instrument aboard the European Space Agency's Venus Express probe have observed a significant and unexpected increase in the deuterium ... more 
Venus Geological Features Mirror Early Earth's Continent FormationSydney, Australia (SPX) Aug 06, 2024 New research suggests that Venus, often considered Earth's hostile twin, may share a geological history with our planet. Scientists have identified that Venus' extensive plateaus, called tesse ... more
University of Freiburg Launches Major Initiative in Earth and Planetary GeodynamicsBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 18, 2024 The University of Freiburg has announced the establishment of a new tenure track professorship in Earth and Planetary Geodynamics within the Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources. This develo ... more |
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