![]() ![]() and other space agencies have explored Venus, including NASA’s Magellan, which mapped the planet's surface with radar. Since then, numerous spacecraft from the U.S. ![]() Venus was the first planet to be explored by a spacecraft – NASA’s Mariner 2 successfully flew by and scanned the cloud-covered world on Dec. ![]() (It’s not the only planet in our solar system with such an oddball rotation – Uranus spins on its side.) This means that, on Venus, the Sun rises in the west and sets in the east, opposite to what we experience on Earth. ![]() Venus has crushing air pressure at its surface – more than 90 times that of Earth – similar to the pressure you'd encounter a mile below the ocean on Earth.Īnother big difference from Earth – Venus rotates on its axis backward, compared to most of the other planets in the solar system. Scientists think it’s possible some volcanoes are still active. The surface is a rusty color and it’s peppered with intensely crunched mountains and thousands of large volcanoes. Surface temperatures on Venus are about 900 degrees Fahrenheit (475 degrees Celsius) – hot enough to melt lead. It’s the hottest planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to the Sun. Venus has a thick, toxic atmosphere filled with carbon dioxide and it’s perpetually shrouded in thick, yellowish clouds of sulfuric acid that trap heat, causing a runaway greenhouse effect. ![]()
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