Is Venus Alive? A Churning Crust Could Be Powering Its 85,000 Volcanoes

Scientists may have just found the driving force behind Venus' volcanos

Convection processes beneath Venus' scorched surface may help explain the planet's many volcanoes, a new study reports.

Is Venus Alive? A Churning Crust Could Be Powering Its 85,000 Volcanoes

Venus may be far more geologically alive than anyone expected. New research suggests its outer crust could be churning with convection, a process that helps move heat and may explain the planet’s tens of thousands of volcanoes. This overturns assumptions that crustal convection only happens deep in planetary interiors like Earth’s mantle. The findings offer [...]

The History Of Venus: A Knife Hidden Among Feathers

Future Space It's time to turn our gaze toward another fascinating neighbor of Earth—Venus, the planet that has ignited human imagination for millennia. Known as the "Morning Star" or the "Evening Star," Venus is a world of contradictions—a place that almost seems like Earth's twin but hides a hellish face beneath its brilliant surface. CreditFuture Space It's time to turn our gaze toward another fascinating neighbor of Earth—Venus, the planet t…