Venus, the hottest planet in the solar system, is estimated to have 85,000 volcanoes, based on radar images from NASA's 1989 ...

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Venus may be far more geologically alive than anyone expected. New research suggests its outer crust could be churning with ...

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A 2022 satellite photo shows smoke rising from a caldera on Tofua, highlighting the "looming threat" of the volcanic island.

Future missions to Venus could also supply additional data on the density and temperature of the planet's crust, which could ...

The same uncertainty has been true for Venus, until recently; while scientists previously believed that Venus’ volcanoes were inactive, new evidence is starting to push back against this notion. A ...

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Today, Yellowstone remains a place of low volcanic risk. Sure, there are sometimes small explosions stoked by hot water and ...

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“This thing must be erupting volcanoes all over the place,” Kane says. An artist’s rendering of the eccentric HD 20782 b getting flash-heated as it makes its closest approach to its star ...