Venus Isn't Dead After All

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When it comes to literary allegories, Venus is about as close to Dante's description of hell as one can get! Its atmosphere is 93 times as dense as Earth's, which is equal to the pressure found 900 m (3,000 ft) underwater, enough to crush the human body. It's also the hottest planet in the Solar System, with temperatures reaching 467 °C (872 °F), which is hot enough to melt lead. Unlike Earth, its surface is not composed of tectonic plates that are constantly shuffling around, but a single-piece crust.

Venus Isn't Dead After All

Simulations conducted by researchers at ETH Zurich suggest a strong likelihood that Venus’s rift valleys are still geologically active rather than being mere relics of a bygone era, as had been previously believed. This finding reshapes our understanding of Earth’s sister planet and will...

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There are huge rift valleys on Venus. They suggest that the planet is still geologically active. Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS