Venus may have regular quakes linked to the activity of volcanoes like the giant Maat Mons, which towers nearly 5 kilometres above the surrounding plainsNASA/JPL
There could be thousands of quakes on Venus each year, and we might be able to detect them using balloons floating high above the planet’s surface.
Recent observations of volcanic features on Venus, such as vents and lava streams, have shown the planet is much more geologically active than we thought. This makes it more likely that there is also seismic activity, or quakes, on Venus, Iris van Zelst at the German…
Venus could be rocked by thousands of quakes every year
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