# \#venus **URL:** https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/tag/venus/146.md [Latest](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/latest.md) · [Categories](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/categories.md) · [Tags](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/tags.md) --- ## [Soviet Venus Lander Missions](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/soviet-venus-lander-missions/1732)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [1 May 2025 16:30 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/soviet-venus-lander-missions/1732 "2025-05-01T16:30:30Z")
The Soviet Union’s Venera program, which ran from 1961 through 1984, performed the first on-site exploration of the planet Venus and accomplished a number of significant “firsts” in planetary exploration: … --- ## [Landing in Hell—Soviet Venera Venus Landers](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/landing-in-hell-soviet-venera-venus-landers/4266)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [29 January 2024 12:12 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/landing-in-hell-soviet-venera-venus-landers/4266 "2024-01-29T12:12:14Z")
Here is more on the Soviet Union’s Venera programme, which between 1961 and 1984 launched eighteen probes to explore the atmosphere and surface of Venus. (Several additional launches failed early in their… --- ## [Evidence for Active Volcanoes on the Surface of Venus](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/evidence-for-active-volcanoes-on-the-surface-of-venus/2916)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [19 March 2023 14:13 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/evidence-for-active-volcanoes-on-the-surface-of-venus/2916 "2023-03-19T14:13:34Z")
The research paper is “Surface changes observed on a Venusian volcano during the Magellan mission”, with full text available at the link. Here is the abstract. Venus has a geologically young surface, but… --- ## [Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter, 2023-03-01](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/conjunction-of-venus-and-jupiter-2023-03-01/2801)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [2 March 2023 01:05 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/conjunction-of-venus-and-jupiter-2023-03-01/2801 "2023-03-02T01:05:06Z")
After sunset, the bright planets Venus (magnitude −4) and Jupiter (−2.1) are visible, apparently close together in the western sky. They get closer each successive night in February 2023, until on March 1 they are se… --- ## [Exploring Venus—Soviet Venera Spacecraft](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/exploring-venus-soviet-venera-spacecraft/2646)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [23 January 2023 13:01 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/exploring-venus-soviet-venera-spacecraft/2646 "2023-01-23T13:01:55Z")
Between 1961 and 1984 the Soviet Union launched 18 spacecraft to explore the planet Venus: 16 in the Venera series and two as part of the Vega program which also explored Halley’s comet. Ten probes landed … --- ## [What's Up with Phosphine in the Atmosphere of Venus?](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/whats-up-with-phosphine-in-the-atmosphere-of-venus/2428)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [10 December 2022 15:24 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/whats-up-with-phosphine-in-the-atmosphere-of-venus/2428 "2022-12-10T15:24:56Z")
We have had two earlier posts here about reports of observation of phosphine gas in the atmosphere of Venus and doubts about the analysis that led to the reported detection: Are Atmospheric Anomalies on V… --- ## [Lunar Occultation of Venus, 2022-05-27](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/lunar-occultation-of-venus-2022-05-27/1464)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [2 June 2022 12:06 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/lunar-occultation-of-venus-2022-05-27/1464 "2022-06-02T12:06:29Z")
On the morning of May 27, 2022 observers in Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean saw the crescent Moon pass in front of 75% illuminated Venus. This animated GIF, Astronomy Picture of the Day for 2022-06-02, shows the b… --- ## [Phosphine—Life on Venus or Bad Statistical Analysis?](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/phosphine-life-on-venus-or-bad-statistical-analysis/1359)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [13 May 2022 14:46 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/phosphine-life-on-venus-or-bad-statistical-analysis/1359 "2022-05-13T14:46:08Z")
Reports of detection of phosphine gas in the atmosphere of Venus, discussed here on 2021-12-22, “Are Atmospheric Anomalies on Venus Signs of Life?”, sparked speculation that microbial life might inhabit reg… --- ## [Life in the Atmosphere of Venus and Ancient Galactic Civilisations](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/life-in-the-atmosphere-of-venus-and-ancient-galactic-civilisations/1062)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [19 March 2022 13:30 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/life-in-the-atmosphere-of-venus-and-ancient-galactic-civilisations/1062 "2022-03-19T13:30:21Z")
--- ## [Parker Solar Probe Captures Visible Light Images of Venus's Surface at Night](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/parker-solar-probe-captures-visible-light-images-of-venuss-surface-at-night/865)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [10 February 2022 13:12 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/parker-solar-probe-captures-visible-light-images-of-venuss-surface-at-night/865 "2022-02-10T13:12:41Z")
The surface of Venus is so hot it glows dimly in deep red light, whose long wavelength allows it to propagate through the dense clouds in the atmosphere. A sensitive camera on the Parker Solar Probe called… --- ## [Searching for Life in the Clouds of Venus](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/searching-for-life-in-the-clouds-of-venus/655)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [1 January 2022 13:53 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/searching-for-life-in-the-clouds-of-venus/655 "2022-01-01T13:53:42Z")
A group at MIT, sponsored by Breakthrough Initiatives, has published the “Venus Life Finder Mission Study” \[PDF. 106 pages\], detailing evidence that suggests the atmosphere of Venus could, and perhaps does,… --- ## [Wind-Powered Mechanical Rover for Venus](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/wind-powered-mechanical-rover-for-venus/654)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [31 December 2021 14:55 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/wind-powered-mechanical-rover-for-venus/654 "2021-12-31T14:55:44Z")
--- ## [Are Atmospheric Anomalies on Venus Signs of Life?](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/are-atmospheric-anomalies-on-venus-signs-of-life/610)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [22 December 2021 13:25 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/are-atmospheric-anomalies-on-venus-signs-of-life/610 "2021-12-22T13:25:20Z")
The atmosphere of Venus has long puzzled astronomers and planetary scientists. Since the 1920s, observers of Venus have noted strong atmospheric absorption in the near-ultraviolet spectrum and, despite a w… --- ## [Can Microbes from Venus Transfer to Earth During a Transit?](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/can-microbes-from-venus-transfer-to-earth-during-a-transit/564)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [13 December 2021 15:20 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/can-microbes-from-venus-transfer-to-earth-during-a-transit/564 "2021-12-13T15:20:23Z")
While the surface of Venus is one of the most Hellish places in the solar system, scientists have long speculated on the possibility of microbial life in the middle atmosphere of the planet, where there is abundant sunli… --- ## [NASA's Ambitious Original Plans for Apollo](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/nasas-ambitious-original-plans-for-apollo/155)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [20 October 2021 12:31 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/nasas-ambitious-original-plans-for-apollo/155 "2021-10-20T12:31:10Z")
With the exception of Skylab, all of these plans came to naught as the NASA budget was cut to fund the Vietnam war and “Great Society” welfare programs. Yes, the manned Venus fly-by concept was really a th…