Spotting volcanic activity on another planet could give scientists insight into what’s going on under the hood. But that’s only if they recognize what they’re looking at.
Recent research led by Ian Flynn, a postdoctoral fellow in the Dietrich School's Department of Geology and Environmental Science, aimed to model how lava flows might look on Venus, work that will inform three upcoming missions to the planet from NASA and the European Space Agency. Their paper was published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets.