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Scientists identify 37 recently active volcanic structures on Venus from radar images – ABC News
Compelling evidence contradicts what scientists had long thought about Venus — that it was geologically dormant for the past half billion years because it lacked plate tectonics similar to Earth.
Scientists have identified 37 volcanic structures on Venus that appear to be recently active and probably still are today.
- The research provides compelling evidence of widespread recent tectonic and magma activity on Venus’s surface
- Many scientist believe the planet has been essentially geologically dormant for the past half-billion years
- Of 133 structures examined, 37 appear to have been active in the past 2 million to 3 million years, which is a blink of the eye in ge…
