Scientists have found new evidence of volcanic activity reshaping the surface of Venus, which could even suggest that its activity rivals that of present day Earth. Back in 2023, scientists ...

Fractures: Some fractures on Venus are due to dike intrusions, which show as white filaments in Magellan images, and often can be traced for a thousand kilometers in length. Dikes are not unexpected ...

The issue of active volcanoes on Venus has been turning up in Volcanocafé from time to time, usually when new scientific articles come up. One of them is quite relevant to this question, and must be ...

Venus today is a hellish world with scorching temperatures reaching 864°F (462°C), crushing atmospheric pressure 92 times that of Earth, and clouds of sulfuric acid. Yet, this inhospitable planet, ...

The Role of Venus’s Volcanoes Venus. Image via Openverse. Venus’s surface is dominated by volcanic features, with over 1,600 major volcanoes and hundreds of thousands of smaller ones. Evidence from ...

Various volcanic features can be found on the rocky planets neighboring Earth. Mars contains volcanic plains formed by past eruptions and inactive shield volcanoes that are much more massive than ...

The volcano is situated in the northern hemisphere of Venus, within a region known as Aphrodite Terra. The volcano is characterized by its large, irregular summit caldera, which measures about 28 ...

This computer-generated 3D model of Venus’ surface shows the volcano Sif Mons, which is exhibiting signs of ongoing activity. Using data from NASA’s Magellan mission, Italian researchers detected ...

"Regarding the flows in Niobe Planitia, the lava flows appear to originate near small shield volcanoes and extend toward the northeast, also following the direction of the slope," Mastrogiuseppe added ...

Credit: IRSPS – Università d’Annunzio. Venus has several shield volcanoes that are larger (reaching hundreds of kilometers) but less steep than the volcanoes on Earth.

This marks the second time scientists have identified direct geological evidence of recent volcanic activity on Venus, suggesting the planet could be as geologically active as Earth, with ...

Venus is the second planet from the sun, and Earth the third. Venus has a diameter of about 7,500 miles (12,000 km), slightly smaller than Earth ...