Venus, the hottest planet in the solar system, is estimated to have 85,000 volcanoes, based on radar images from NASA's 1989 Magellan mission. Now, scientists have a new theory about what fuels the ...

Venus may be far more geologically alive than anyone expected. New research suggests its outer crust could be churning with convection, a process that helps move heat and may explain the planet’s tens ...

A groundbreaking study by Viatcheslav S. Solomatov and Chhavi Jain proposes that Venus’ crust may be undergoing constant convection, a process typically seen deep within planets like Earth. This ...

This air is in turn heated, expands becomes less dense and rises. The process continues, a convection current is set up and heat is transferred through the air and hence through the room.

Chhavi Jain, a postdoctoral fellow at WashU, is a co-author. Convection, a well-known process in geology, occurs when heated material rises toward a planet's surface and cooler materials sink ...

Chhavi Jain, a postdoctoral fellow at WashU, is a co-author. Convection, a well-known process in geology, occurs when heated material rises toward a planet’s surface and cooler materials sink ...

Sara is freezing so she asks her handy science app, Ada, for help. Ada explains the process of conduction, convection and radiation. Ada takes Sara through various scenarios, discussing how she ...