Once the VERITAS (Venus Emissivity, Radio Science, InSAR, Topography, and Spectroscopy) and DAVINCI (Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging) missions launch ...

Then, they compared these models against gravity and topography observations collected by NASA's Magellan probe, which spent several years orbiting and studying Venus in the 1990s.

In order to achieve this, the Venus Express scientists started comparing the maps of the Venusian topography obtained by NASA’s Magellan orbiter in the early 1990s with the data gathered by VIRTIS.

Images Venus Express, launched two years ago today, has been adding much to our knowledge of Earth’s twin. The satellite has recently peeked through the planet’s thick veil of clouds and sent ...

There's a new chapter in the Venus phosphine debate. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The Venus phosphine saga continues. In ...

Even robots die quickly on Venus. The most long-lived of the 10 Venusian landers, the Soviet Union's Venera 13 probe, lasted two hours before succumbing to pizza oven-like temperatures of some 870 ...

Julia S. Maia, Mark A. Wieczorek Crustal plateaus are Venusian highlands characterized by tectonized terrains. It is commonly interpreted that their topography is isostatically supported and that ...