Mars’ reputation of being “the red planet” has some competition. Scientists have recently discovered what appears to be 37 recently active volcanic structures on Venus, challenging the idea that the planet is dormant.
Anna Gülcher, a geophysicist at ETH Zürich in Switzerland, led the team of scientists who examined 133 circular structures, known as coronae, and identified 37 of them as possible active volcanoes. And by active, they mean that they might have been active in the past 2 or 3 million years.
