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Mysterious features on the surface of Venus might suggest that there is activity under its surface, scientists have suggested ...
This is another similarity the planet could be sharing with Earth, which is continually renewed by the constant shifting and recycling of massive sections of crust, called tectonic plate.
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"It resets the playing field for how the geology, crust and atmosphere on Venus work together." Venus, often written off as a geologically dead world, is far more active beneath its blistering ...
A US-based propulsion company, Venus Aerospace, said Wednesday it had completed a short flight test of its rotating detonation rocket engine at Spaceport America in New Mexico. The company's chief ...
The spacecraft provided the first and most complete image map of the surface of Venus, and the most comprehensive and detailed data of the planet’s gravity and surface. Although the original mission ...
In 2020, Seager was an adviser on the UK team of astronomers that discovered phosphine—a gas produced by living things—on Venus, which became a scientific flashpoint. Now, she’s leading the ...