In front of the vast universe, human beings are often surrounded by a sense of isolation that there are not many things that are alive and moving. We present news that can be of comfort to us.
On March 15, NASA reported volcanic activity on Venus. They found that the shape and size of the volcanic vent area, which was photographed by NASA’s Magellan spacecraft in the 1990s, had changed over the past year. This is the first time that direct geological evidence of active volcanic activity has been obtained.
Robert Herrick, who led the study, said, “We saw geopolitical changes caused by volcanic activity in two images taken over eight months.” He found a clear difference between October 1991 and February 2023 in the vents of Maat Mons, one of Venus’ largest volcanoes. For 200 hours of research, the pictures of the Magellan spacecraft were collected one by one. During the comparison, the pictures were taken from different angles, which made it difficult to analyze, but computer modeling solved this problem.
This makes it clear that Venus experienced a volcanic eruption only 30 years ago. It is also important to look at what geopolitical changes will occur from the surface to the center of a planet that has undergone volcanic activity after this study. Indeed, public attention is focused on what secret clues the news about the active volcano of the volcano will bring.
Official Website of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA’s official Instagram
image sourceㅣNASA JPL Caltech
