New Map Hints At Venus's Wet, Volcanic Past

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Wed, 07/15/2009 - 00:45

Venus Express has charted the first map of Venus's southern hemisphere at infrared wavelengths. The new map hints that our neighboring world may once have been more Earth-like, with both, a plate tectonics system and an ocean of water.


 

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