Venus may have had plate tectonics billions of years ago, a finding that opens the door for the possibility of early life on the planet.
Venus is about 4.5 billion years old, but it looks a lot younger. A new discovery may explain the secret to its youthful appearance.
"If you send a spacecraft to the surface of Venus, which has been done several times, they only last a few minutes until the hot acid burns them up."
Tectonic motion in the form of crustal blocks that have jostled against each other suggests Venus may still be geologically active, researchers say.
The purported discovery of the chemical phosphine on the "hellscape" that is Venus was probably off the mark, astronomers report.
Growing evidence suggests Venus was a lot like Earth long ago. Researchers say rocks from Venus that collided with the moon could help clear things up.
Some of the oldest terrain on Venus, known as tesserae, hint at past volcanic activity. Is that what made the planet the "hellish" place it is today?
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