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Fresh Lava Flows on Venus Hint at Active Volcanoes
The surface of Venus is littered with thousands of volcanoes, some of which may still be active until today. A fresh look at 30-year-old radar images captured by the Magellan spacecraft revealed new lava flows on Venus, suggesting that the planet was volcanically active between 1990 to 1992. NASA’s Magellan mission arrived at Venus in…
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NASA Budget Request Is a ‘Soft Cancellation’ of Venus Mission, Experts Say
A highly anticipated mission to Venus is in trouble after NASA pulled all of its funding, save for a tiny fraction meant to keep the planetary orbiter on brittle life support as its fate hangs in the balance.
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NASA Gets Closer to Venus Mission With Successful Robo-Balloon Test
NASA wants to send a giant silver balloon to the hellish world of Venus, where the floating robot would explore the toxic Venusian atmosphere. Functional tests of a smaller prototype recently took place in a Nevada desert in preparation for this upcoming mission to the solar system’s inferno.
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New NASA Image Shows Venus Glowing Like an ‘Iron Pulled From a Forge’
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has taken unprecedented visible-light images of Venus’s nightside, revealing surface features that would otherwise be obscured by clouds.