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BepiColombo mission detects escaping gases in Venus's magnetosphere
Paris, France (SPX) Apr 12, 2024 The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission has provided new insights into the atmospheric dynamics of Venus, showing how carbon and oxygen escape from the upper atmosphere. During its journey, the spacecraft explored a previously unknown area of Venus's magnetic environment, revealing that these gases are accelerated beyond the planet's gravitational hold. This discovery was detailed in a recent publication in Nature Astronomy. Lina Hadid, a CNRS researcher at the Plasma Physics Laboratory (LPP) and lead au ... read more |
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Venus' Clouds Could Harbor Life: MIT Study Finds Amino Acids Stable in Sulfuric AcidBoston MA (SPX) Mar 21, 2024 If there is life in the solar system beyond Earth, it might be found in the clouds of Venus. In contrast to the planet's blisteringly inhospitable surface, Venus' cloud layer, which extends from 30 ... more 
Venus and gravitational wave missions get EU green lightParis (AFP) Jan 25, 2024 The European Space Agency gave the green light to two missions on Thursday, one to detect ripples in spacetime called gravitational waves and another to probe the secrets of Earth's closest neighbouring planet Venus. ... more 
Mysterious missing component in the clouds of Venus revealedCambridge UK (SPX) Jan 08, 2024 What are the clouds of Venus made of? Scientists know it's mainly made of sulfuric acid droplets, with some water, chlorine, and iron. Their concentrations vary with height in the thick and hostile ... more 
Venus had Earth-like plate tectonics billions of years ago, study suggestsProvidence RI (SPX) Oct 30, 2023 Venus, a scorching wasteland of a planet according to scientists, may have once had tectonic plate movements similar to those believed to have occurred on early Earth, a new study found. The finding ... more |
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SwRI-led team finds ancient, high-energy impacts could have fueled Venus volcanismSan Antonio TX (SPX) Jul 21, 2023 A Southwest Research Institute-led team has modeled the early impact history of Venus to explain how Earth's sister planet has maintained a youthful surface despite lacking plate tectonics. The team ... more 
Venus atmosphere in 3D prepares future observations of rocky exoplanetsLisbon, Portugal (SPX) Jun 15, 2023 The Venus atmosphere may be used as a natural laboratory to understand the evolution of Earth-like planets, according to a study led by the Instituto de Astrofisica e Ciencias do Espaco (IA) Venus ... more 
Scientists share 'comprehensive' map of volcanoes on Venus - all 85,000 of themSt Louis MO (SPX) Mar 30, 2023 Intrigued by reports of recent volcanic eruptions on Venus? WashU planetary scientists Paul Byrne and Rebecca Hahn want you to use their new map of 85,000 volcanoes on Venus to help locate the next ... more 
New study about the 'tsunami' in Venus's cloudsSeville, Spain (SPX) Mar 27, 2023 A group of scientists from the University of Seville, in collaboration with experts from the University of the Basque Country, has led the first detailed study of the evolution of the discontinuity ... more
NASA's Magellan Data Reveals Volcanic Activity on VenusPasadena CA (JPL) Mar 16, 2023 Direct geological evidence of recent volcanic activity has been observed on the surface of Venus for the first time. Scientists made the discovery after poring over archival radar images of Venus ta ... more |
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Squishy outer shell may be resurfacing Venus
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 24, 2023 Earth and Venus are rocky planets of about the same size and rock chemistry, so they should be losing their internal heat to space at about the same rate. How Earth loses its heat is well known, but Venus' heat flow mechanism has been a mystery. A study that uses three-decade-old data from NASA's Magellan mission has taken a new look at how Venus cools and found that thin regions of the planet's uppermost layer may provide an answer. Our planet has a hot core that heats the surrounding mantle, whi ... read more 
New study offers insight into how Venus coolsWashington DC (UPI) Feb 24, 2023 Large geological patterns on Venus, called Coronae, may provide answers to how the planet releases heat, according to a research study from scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. ... more |
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BepiColombo and Solar Orbiter compare notes at VenusAmsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Jan 27, 2023 The convergence of two spacecraft at Venus in August 2021 has given a unique insight into how the planet is able to retain its thick atmosphere without the protection of a global magnetic field. ... more
Massive Volcanism May Have Altered Ancient Venus' ClimateGreenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 18, 2022 Volcanic activity lasting hundreds to thousands of centuries and erupting massive amounts of material may have helped transform Venus from a temperate and wet world to the acidic hothouse it is toda ... more 
NASA instrument to measure temperature, pressure, and wind on VenusGreenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 21, 2022 The VASI (Venus Atmospheric Structure Investigation) instrument aboard NASA's Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging, or DAVINCI, mission to Venus, together with ... more 
JPL's Venus Aerial Robotic Balloon Prototype Aces Test FlightsPasadena CA (JPL) Oct 11, 2022 A scaled-down version of the aerobot that could one day take to the Venusian skies successfully completed two Nevada test flights, marking a milestone for the project. The intense pressure, he ... more 
Coronal mass ejection hits Solar Orbiter before Venus flybyParis (ESA) Sep 06, 2022 In the early hours of Sunday, 4 September, Solar Orbiter flew by Venus for a gravity-assist manoeuvre that alters the spacecraft's orbit, getting it even closer to the Sun. As if trying to get the o ... more |
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