It’s not easy being Venus. Despite being nearly identical in size to Earth, our sister world suffers from a choking greenhouse effect, a surface covered in permanent sulfuric acid clouds, and average ...

A future Venus rover could be decked out with steampunk-esque rollers and fenders as it carefully explores a planet that is so hot that the environment has destroyed other spacecraft within mere ...

I love electronics, but there may be some meaningful alternatives when applications have extreme conditions. Enter a ‘Steampunk’ Rover for Venus exploration. Meet the Automation Rover for Extreme ...

Every year, NASA releases some exciting concepts for future space exploration that it has selected for further study. And this year we’re treated to a wide array of concepts for interplanetary and ...

When it comes to driving around or being driven around in style, a Rolls-Royce is as good as motoring gets. But if you also need to climb every mountain and ford every stream, you can’t go better than ...

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NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has unveiled a clockwork rover designed to survive on Venus –something no previous probe has managed for more than a couple of hours. Venus is a hellish environment: ...