A new study suggests the planet’s iconic domes owe their strange shape to both thick lava and a flexible surface.

A study suggests that Venus' volcanic "pancake domes" push the planet's crust down, forming bulges toward the surface. This ...

Venus, often called Earth’s evil twin, is home to some of the most peculiar geological features in the solar system. Among ...

Scientists have discovered that the formation of flat, pancake-like volcanoes on Venus is likely due to its elastic ...

A trio of scientists from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Université de Lyon, and Arizona State University, respectively ...

In contrast, Venus is a toasty world, with surface temperatures that can hit 870 degrees Fahrenheit. In fact, volcanoes and other surface features on the planet clearly exhibit signs of melting.

Convection processes beneath Venus' scorched surface may help explain the planet's many volcanoes, a new study reports. Venus, the hottest planet in the solar system, is estimated to have 85,000 ...

The discovery was a landmark moment, as evidence of Venus volcanoes helped scientists draw a clearer picture as to what has been happening beneath the surface of the tortured planet, and allows ...

It's easy to imagine space volcanoes as even more ferocious and devastating versions of the ones scattered across Earth, but in reality, most of them have fallen into dormancy. Volcanic features have ...

Yet the planet has been long theorized to have ... Therefore, the gases released by volcanoes on Venus are 6 percent water at most, unlike on Earth, where volcanic outgassing is mostly water ...

Venus could have been Earth's twin. It is roughly the same size and built of the same stuff. So why are the two planets so different today? Understanding where volcanoes are found may solve this ...