Venus is still alive: scientists find evidence of volcanic eruptions on the planet

CTOnews.com, March 17 (Xinhua)-- scientists have found the most direct evidence of volcanic eruptions on Venus, suggesting that the hot, inanimate planet shrouded in sulfuric acid smoke is still "alive" geologically. On March 16, the results were published in the journal Science and presented at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.

The 9000-meter-high Mount Martmons is the tallest volcano on Venus, and the collapse of the crater heralds the eruption-evidence from NASA's Magellan Venus probe, which circled Venus about 30 years ago and used radar to peep through thick clouds to peep at the planet.

Scientists compared images taken by Magellan eight months apart and found that the circular crater, or crater, of a volcano grew sharply during a sudden collapse. This collapse is usually caused by the eruption of magma. Scientists believe that this is the strongest evidence of active magmatic volcanoes on Venus.

The discovery makes Venus the third known planet in the solar system to have active magmatic volcanoes after Earth and Jupiter's moon Io.

According to CTOnews.com, in the next 10 years, there will be three new Venus exploration missions, namely, ESA's EnVision orbiter, NASA's DAVINCI and VERITAS Venus exploration missions, which will be able to observe more volcanic changes that may exist on Venus more clearly.