Venus, the hottest planet in the solar system, is estimated to have 85,000 volcanoes, based on radar images from NASA's 1989 ...

Venus may be far more geologically alive than anyone expected. New research suggests its outer crust could be churning with ...

Future missions to Venus could also supply additional data on the density and temperature of the planet's crust, which could ...

Convection processes beneath Venus' scorched surface may help explain the planet's many volcanoes, a new study reports. Venus, the hottest planet in the solar system, is estimated to have 85,000 ...

Volcanic features have been observed on our fellow rocky planets, Venus and Mars, but they largely appear to be inactive right now. Some scientists, however, have suggested that current volcanic ...

Venus—a hot planet pocked with tens of thousands of volcanoes—may be even more geologically active near its surface than previously thought. New calculations by researchers at Washington ...

In contrast, Venus is a toasty world, with surface temperatures that can hit 870 degrees Fahrenheit. In fact, volcanoes and other surface features on the planet clearly exhibit signs of melting.

Venus—a hot planet pocked with tens of thousands of volcanoes—may be even more geologically active near its surface than previously thought. New calculations by researchers at Washington University in ...