venus is a live

[kingkong01 (James)]

Scientists have detected for the first time recent volcanic activity on Venus, the planet that is the most similar to Earth in terms of mass and density, but that has a surface temperature hot enough to melt lead.

Knowing that Venus is volcanically active could shed light on the mysterious geological history of Earth’s sister planet, which does not have plate tectonics, meaning the planet’s surface does not evolve through a process of rigid plates slowly shifting across the underlying mantle.

[astroron (Ron)]

Originally Posted by kingkong01

Scientists have detected for the first time recent volcanic activity on Venus, the planet that is the most similar to Earth in terms of mass and density, but that has a surface temperature hot enough to melt lead.

Knowing that Venus is volcanically active could shed light on the mysterious geological history of Earth’s sister planet, which does not have plate tectonics, meaning the planet’s surface does not evolve through a process of rigid plates slowly shifting across the underlying mantle.

Interesting, but where did you get the information from
Links Please

[kingkong01 (James)]

lol forgot to put them in. thare was a brief story about it in this months AUS sky and telescope (which came out today) which got me looking on the internet and came across this http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2010/v...enus-0409.html which is a bit more in detail then the one in sky & scope

[astroron (Ron)]

Originally Posted by kingkong01

lol forgot to put them in. thare was a brief story about it in this months AUS sky and telescope (which came out today) which got me looking on the internet and came across this http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2010/v...enus-0409.html which is a bit more in detail then the one in sky & scope

Thanks