Venus may be more volcanically active than first thought. The Sif Mons area on Venus with the active volcanic region highlighted in red and (inset) an image of Venus taken by NASA's Mariner 10 ...

What scientists can lean from discovery of potential life on Venus 04:03. Radar images of the surface of Venus appear to show fresh lava flows, suggesting active volcanoes on the planet.

To many planetary scientists, confirming that Venus is volcanically active is a mere formality at this point. “It would be truly astonishing if it wasn’t,” says Richard Ghail, ...

Researchers have identified 37 recently active volcanic structures on Venus, according to a study. The discovery provides some of the best evidence to date that the planet is still volcanically ...

Thus Venus joins Earth and Io as being volcanically active rocky bodies in our solar system.” In other words, the volcanism club has expanded its membership roll. Read more ...

For decades, Venus, often dubbed “Earth’s twin,” has been depicted as a barren, inhospitable world, its surface locked in an unchanging, oven-hot state. Yet, recent data from NASA’s Magellan orbiter ...

At the time, Håkan Svedhem, ESA’s Venus Express project scientist, said: “It looks like we can finally include Venus in the small club of volcanically active Solar System bodies." ...

Previously, Earth was thought to be the only currently volcanically active planet in the solar system. The surface of Venus, the second planet from the sun, can reach up to 900 degrees Fahrenheit .

A new study suggests that Venus may not be as geologically dead as we thought. Infrared spectra and laboratory work show that there may be volcanic activity on the planet, with some lava flows ...

Confirming that Venus is volcanically active is especially useful given upcoming missions to Venus, says Mason, such as the European Space Agency’s EnVision and NASA’s VERITAS satellites.

HONOLULU (KHON2) — A study co-authored by a UH Manoa planetary scientist was published in Science Advances, which suggested that Venus could be volcanically active. This makes it the only planet ...

New evidence hints that Venus may be volcanically active, which has long been a controversial topic among scientists.Six years of observations by the European Space Agency's Venus Express ...