Scientists identify 37 active volcanic structures on Venus

Scientists have identified 37 volcanic structures on Venus that appear to be recently active – and probably still are today – painting the picture of a geologically dynamic planet and not a dormant world as long thought.

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An artist’s illustration of volcanoes on Venus. A new study suggests Venus may have harbor active volcanoes today, with eruptions in recent years.

https://www.space.com/venus-may-have-active-volcanoes-new-evidence.html

Oh off to Mars again are ye eh? Why not land on Venus ye wee bairn.

dv said:

Oh off to Mars again are ye eh? Why not land on Venus ye wee bairn.

Perhaps they are waiting for development of batteries that don’t die when subjected to the heat of Venus.

> Anna Gulcher of the Institute of Geophysics in Zurich, lead author of the research published in the journal Nature Geoscience. … Coronae are essentially fields of lava flows and major faults spanning a large circular area. Many of the 37 reside within in a gigantic ring in the planet’s Southern Hemisphere, including a colossal corona called Artemis 2100 km in diameter. … The researchers determined the type of geological features that could exist only in a recently active corona – a telltale trench surrounding the structure. … they scoured radar images of Venus from NASA’s Magellan spacecraft in the 1990s to find coronae that fit the bill. Of 133 coronae examined, 37 appear to have been active in the past 2 million to 3 million years.

Needs confirmation, methinks. They’re relying on an assumed weathering rate, which may be correct.