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Active Volcanoes on Venus?

by Javier Barbuzano 16 March 202316 March 2023

With a new look at old imagery, scientists may have found evidence of volcanic activity on Venus.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

If There Is Phosphine on Venus, There Isn’t Much

by Morgan Rehnberg 1 December 20221 December 2022

New observations of the Venusian atmosphere collected from an airborne observatory showed no sign of the potential biosignature gas, casting additional doubt on a previous report of its detection.

The 9-kilometer-tall volcano Maat Mons, shown here with an exaggerated vertical scale, may be relatively young.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

¿Es Venus volcánicamente activo? Nuevo enfoque podría proporcionar una respuesta

by Sarah Stanley 8 February 20228 February 2022

Una estrategia que combina la cartografía geológica con datos sobre cómo la superficie del planeta emite y absorbe la radiación de microondas podría potencialmente identificar flujos de lava recientes.

Satellite view of frosty sand dunes on Mars
Posted inScience Updates

Planetary Dunes Tell of Otherworldly Winds

by Timothy N. Titus, Serina Diniega, Lori K. Fenton, Lynn Neakrase and James Zimbelman 22 December 202116 February 2022

On Earth and throughout our solar system, ripples and dunes in sand and dust offer insights into how winds blow, liquid currents flow, and solid particles fly and bounce over the terrain.

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Misión a Venus podría ayudar a resolver un misterio atmosférico

by Jaime Cordova 16 December 202116 December 2021

La recientemente anunciada misión DAVINCI+ a Venus de la NASA investigará la atmósfera del planeta, esperando proporcionar información sobre los desconocidos parches oscuros que rodean dicho planeta.

Solar-powered hot air balloon
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Stratospheric Balloons Listen In on Ground Activity

by J. Lee 15 November 202115 November 2021

Solar-powered hot-air balloons, floating 2.5 times as high as Mount Everest, detected a buried explosion more clearly than ground-based sensors did.

Four-image figure showing different sequences of the DAVINCI+ mission to Venus
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Mission to Venus Could Help Solve an Atmospheric Mystery

by Jaime Cordova 17 September 202118 January 2022

NASA’s recently announced DAVINCI+ mission to Venus will probe the planet’s atmosphere, hoping to shed light on the unknown dark patches that surround the planet.

The 9-kilometer-tall volcano Maat Mons, shown here with an exaggerated vertical scale, may be relatively young.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Is Venus Volcanically Active? New Approach Could Provide an Answer

by Sarah Stanley 15 September 20218 February 2022

A strategy that combines geologic mapping with data on how the planet’s surface emits and absorbs microwave radiation could potentially identify recent lava flows.

An image of Venus in visible light with swirls of clouds ranging from white to tan to light orange.
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Fifteen Years of Radar Reveal Venus’s Most Basic Facts

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 1 June 202110 October 2021

Venus’s heavy atmosphere tugs the planet’s surface enough to change the length of its day by up to 21 minutes.

An artist’s depiction of the surface of Venus with volcanoes in the background, clouds in an orange sky, and a silver scientific balloon hovering above a brown, rocky ground.
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Exploring Venus by Balloon

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 1 April 202118 November 2021

Aerobots could help reveal secrets of Earth’s mysterious twin planet.

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