Our neighbouring planet Venus is gaining popularity in the terrestrial planetary sciences, especially since the selection of three new Venus missions by NASA and ESA in 2021. Now, for the first time ever, scientists have directly observed surface changes that indicate active volcanism on Venus. This discovery was made with data from NASA’s 30-year-old Magellan mission and is only a small preview f ...[Read More]
The first observational evidence for a volcanically active Venus
An artist’s impression of active volcanoes on Venus, depicting a subduction zone and an active volcano. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Peter Rubin