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

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

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

In 2021, scientists at Arizona State University, the California Institute of Technology, and the University of California, ...

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

More information: M. E. Borrelli et al, Formation of Pancake Domes on Venus as Viscous Flows Over an Elastic Lithosphere, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets (2025). DOI: 10.1029/2024JE008571 ...

Good luck! Venus has the densest terrestrial atmosphere in the solar system, at around 93 times thicker than Earth’s. To put this into context, imagine having 93 kilograms resting on 1 square ...

Magellan mapped much of Venus to the resolution of a city block. In the probe’s charts, scientists found evidence of giant volcanoes, past lava flows, and lava-built domes—but no smoking gun ...