Venus—a hot planet pocked with tens of thousands of volcanoes—may be even more geologically active near its surface than ...

Venus, however, is a different story. Its crust is thicker—anywhere from 30 to 90 kilometers—and its surface is extremely hot ...

Unlike conduction and convection, there are no particles involved ... The blue and purple areas represent cooler areas. These emit less infrared radiation. The yellow and orange areas represent ...