Rivers of Lava on Venus Reveal a More Volcanically Active Planet
Witnessing the blood-red fires of a volcanic eruption on Earth is memorable.
That is close to what scientists have spotted on Venus: two vast, sinuous lava flows oozing from two different corners of Earth’s planetary neighbor.
Earth and Venus were forged at the same time. Both are made of the same primeval matter
why is Earth a paradise overflowing with water and life, while Venus is a scorched hellscape with acidic skies?
Volcanic eruptions tinker with planetary atmospheres. One theory holds that, eons ago
several apocalyptic eruptions set off a runaway greenhouse effect on Venus, turning it from a temperate, waterlogged world into an arid desert of burned glass
Both are made of the same primeval matter, and both are the same age and size.
There is indirect supporting evidence: Volcanic gases linger in Venus’s skies