Surface features on Mars indicate it had an ocean of liquid water billions of years ago. No such features have been detected on Venus. Mars, according to research published in August based on ...

Impact features on Venus may have been staring us in the face all along That's the message from a team of planetary scientists, who have explained Venus' apparent dearth of large craters by ...

Scientists now think there could be microscopic life floating in the clouds of Venus. Their theory is surprising, considering how inhospitable the surface of Venus is. But in the clouds ...

Researchers have found evidence of active volcanism on the surface of Venus for the first time. Although the closest planet to Earth is known to have prominent volcanic features it’s unknown ...

DAVINCI Plus will be tasked with taking high-resolution images of Venus' surface, with a particular focus on the geological features that may be comparable to the Earth's continents. This mission ...

Scientists believe these features could ... Veritas (Venus Emissivity, Radio Science, InSAR, Topography, and Spectroscopy), will map the planet's surface to understand its geological history ...

New research suggests Venus, Earth's "evil twin," never had liquid water, challenging previous theories about its potential habitability. Scientists analyzed Venus's atmospheric chemistry and dry ...

Previous missions discovered these features using radar instruments ... and chemical compounds that may originate from Venus's lower clouds, surface, or even subsurface. For example, sulfur ...

This explains why Haastte-Baad appears sunken today, providing a glimpse into Venus’s ever-changing surface. Similar geological features exist on Earth, such as the dike swarm near Lake Victoria.