Ars Technica
After fifty years of scientists squinting at Venus' lower haze, the answer is meteorite dust - because the universe loves hiding obvious things in plain sight.
ScienceDaily
Venus's clouds look pale yellow but hide a mysterious dark absorber, and scientists have now calculated exactly how absurdly absorbent it must be without identifying it.
ScienceDaily
September's night sky features a dazzling Venus, a Harvest Moon with Saturn and Neptune, the equinox, and the Moon as a guide to the Milky Way's center - plus a teapot-shaped asterism.
ScienceDaily
New 3D simulations suggest Venus's massive rift valleys are younger than thought, meaning the planet may still be geologically active - because being a scorching hellscape wasn't dramatic enough.
NASA
500 students from 8 states pretended to be NASA scientists exploring Venus, because actual space travel is still too expensive.
ScienceDaily
Venus and Jupiter get cozy, Mercury crashes the party, and the Moon pulls a vanishing act on Venus - June's sky is basically a cosmic variety show.
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