"Nobody had really considered the possibility," said planetary scientist Slava Solomatov.

After analyzing several attributes for volcanic plumes, including wind shear, vertical dispersion, and plume content, the researchers ascertained that plumes from explosive volcanism on Venus could ...

When scientists recently took a closer look at archival images of the surface of Venus, they discovered something new: evidence of volcanic activity on Earth's "twin." The NASA Magellan spacecraft ...

Despite its similarities to Earth (sometimes called Earth’s evil twin), there’s still a lot we don’t know about Venus. A thick atmosphere crackles with lightning and swirls with acid rain, obscuring ...