Venus is so hot that its surface glows visibly at night through its thick clouds. That is what pictures taken by NASA’s Parker Space Probe have revealed. The planet’s average temperature hovers around 860 degrees Fahrenheit, and thick clouds of sulfuric acid obscure the view. Until now, the only photographs of the Venusian surface were taken by four Soviet spacecraft that
If there is one planet that scientists want to undress with their eyes, it’s Venus, and NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has seen through its hazy atmosphere to take the first visible light images of the planet that was named for the ancient Greco-Roman goddess of love.
New images recorded by NASA's Parker Solar Probe have revealed the red-hot glow of Venus's surface radiating through its shroud of toxic clouds - a finding that could help us better understand the minerals making up this rocky and mysterious.