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Venus Likely Lost a Moon to Tidal Drag, Study Finds

Simulations tie Venus’s missing moon to the planet’s slow rotation that pulls satellites inward, leaving planned Venus missions to test the idea.

Crescent Moon and Venus Close in the Western Sky as Occultation Is Seen by Some Regions

High-Resolution 3D Models Suggest Venus's Rift Valleys Are Recently Active

Daytime Moon Occults Venus Across Much of the U.S. on June 17

First Subsurface Lava Tube Detected on Venus in Reprocessed Magellan Radar

Researchers Warn Venus Co-Orbital Asteroids Could Endanger Earth