Georgina Kalaitzis of Jacksonville has been named first runner-up in the finals of the national 2012 Venus Model Search. Kalaitzis, 24, never considered pageant or swimsuit contests before this one, ...

Below Venus's toxic clouds of sulfuric acid is an apocalyptic world, with temperatures hot enough to melt lead and pressures that could crush heavy machinery. But it might not always have been so. In ...