Imagine standing on a scorched landscape where the ground is cracked and shimmering, and the sky glows a deep, fiery orange.

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 ...

However, the recent findings challenge this assumption by proposing that Venus’ crust, with its thickness and composition, may also support convection—despite its high surface temperatures reaching a ...

Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system due to its thick carbon dioxide atmosphere, trapping heat as part of a ...

Future missions to Venus could also supply additional data on the density and temperature of the planet's crust, which could be used to test the researchers' hypothesis. If crustal convection is ...

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 ...

This, in turn, could help explain how heat from Venus' interior could be transferred to the surface, where temperatures reach 870 degrees Fahrenheit (466 degrees Celsius) and volcanoes and other ...