HOME · HEADLINES · JOBS · LIST · MISSIONS · REPORT · SPECIAL		  
search for 
in category 
before 
 
Venus Express unearths new clues to the planet’s geological history

24 May 2012

ESA’s Venus Express has been used to study the geology in a region near Venus’ equator. Using near-infrared observations collected by the Venus Monitoring Camera (VMC), scientists have found evidence that the planet’s rugged highlands are scattered with geochemically more evolved rocks, rather than the basaltic rocks of the volcanic plains.






News content on this website, where abstracts are taken from full articles elsewhere, are assumed public domain. All uncredited images are assumed as public domain with the exception of logos which are generally trademarks of the organisation whose materials are cited.