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Magellan mission reveals possible tectonic activity on Venus
Vast, quasi-circular features on Venus's surface may reveal that the planet has ongoing tectonics, according to new research ...
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Venus might not be as dead as we thought
New research suggests that Venus may have ongoing tectonics, based on data from NASA's Magellan mission conducted over 30 ...
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What the Soviet Venus Probe's fiery fall to Earth might look like: These past space junk crashes offer clues
Some recent spaceflight spectacles offer hints about what you might see if Kosmos 482 happens to fall through the sky above ...
A Soviet-era spacecraft that failed to reach Venus is due to crash back to Earth this week
A piece of space junk called Cosmos 482 is unlikely to pose a threat to people or property. But space experts say it ...
Venus’ surprisingly thin crust is more active than Earth’s, NASA reveals
Data for the study came from NASA’s Magellan mission, which orbited Venus in the 1990s. Though decades old, its radar ...
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Venus' crust is surprisingly thin. Could this explain why it's so geologically active?
Venus, often written off as a geologically dead world, is far more active beneath its blistering surface than previously ...
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A Wild Plan to Collect a Sample from Venus’s Killer Atmosphere
A daring and revolutionary plan tosample Venus’s hostile atmosphere was unveiled by a coalition of China’s leading space ...
Venus Lander Launched 53 Years Ago Crashes Back Into Earth, Astronomer Shares Picture
Kosmos 482 was launched in March 1972 as part of the Soviet Venera program to explore Venus from the surface. A launch mishap ...