The discovery of an active volcano on Venus has led scientists to believe that the planet is still “alive”, despite the absence of moving tectonic plates in its crust.
Scientists from the University of Alaska have discovered the first evidence of an active volcano on Venus. The discovery was made while studying materials collected more than 30 years ago by the Magellan probe. Scientific reports.
In particular, astronomers analyzed images of the planet’s surface taken in the early 1990s. They focused on the area where the world’s two largest volcanoes, Ozza and Maat Mons, are located.
Over time, scientists compared the image taken in mid-February 1991 with the image taken in mid-October 1991 and noted changes in the shape and size of the vent on the north side of the volcano. The round hole, which has an area of about 2.2 square kilometers, has grown into an irregular shape with an area of more than 3.9 square kilometers.
Now scientists are trying to find other active volcanoes. Because only 1.5% of the planet has been explored so far.
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Earlier it was reported that the James Webb telescope took a picture of the rare Wolf-Rayet star WR 124, located about 15 thousand light-years from Earth.
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