A study suggests that Venus' volcanic "pancake domes" push the planet's crust down, forming bulges toward the surface. This ...

A new study suggests the planet’s iconic domes owe their strange shape to both thick lava and a flexible surface.

Venus, often called Earth’s evil twin, is home to some of the most peculiar geological features in the solar system. Among ...

A trio of scientists from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Université de Lyon, and Arizona State University, respectively ...

Scientists have discovered that the formation of flat, pancake-like volcanoes on Venus is likely due to its elastic ...

Beneath Venus's thick, cloudy atmosphere lies a unique feature: lots and lots of massive "pancakes." Dubbed pancake domes by the scientists who study them, these mysterious pieces of Venusian ...

Where Venus is particularly dry ... The coronae are likely formed from mantle plumes, and pancake domes (large volcanoes stretching out several kilometers and a few kilometers high).