For decades, Venus remained one of the most mysterious worlds in the solar system because its thick clouds hide the surface from normal cameras. Using radar mapping and data from the Magellan mission, ...

A team of researchers has identified what appears to be a massive underground lava tube on Venus, roughly 1 kilometer wide, hidden beneath the western flank of a shield volcano called Nyx Mons. The ...

Researchers had only hypothesized the existence of underground lava tubes on Venus—until now. Using decades-old radar data, a team of scientists in Italy has discovered an empty, subsurface lava tube ...

What new insights about lava tubes on Venus can scientists gain about the planet’s formation, evolution, and present volcanic activity? This is what a recent study published in Nature Communications ...

Describes the mission of Magellan, the interplanetary spacecraft designed to permit detailed radar mapping of the surface of Venus. https://siris-libraries.si.edu ...