🔬 Science May 16, 2026 · Frank Landymore

Scientists Detect Weird Anomalies in Clouds of Venus

Futurism
Futurism science news
View Channel →
Scientists Detect Weird Anomalies in Clouds of Venus
Source ↗ 👁 1 💬 0
Mysteries abound on our planetary neighbor Venus, not least of all because it’s permanently shrouded in a thick and nigh-impenetrable layer of clouds.



But when the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Akatsuki space probe visited the steaming hot world in 2016, it managed to spot something anomalous in the atmospheric veil obscuring the planet’s inscrutable surface: an enormous wave tearing through the atmosphere for days at a time, creating a cloud that stretched up to 3

Comments (0)

Sign in to join the discussion

More Like This

How to Stay Safe Around Jellyfish This Beach Season
NYT > Science · 1d ago
SpaceX Completes Mostly Successful Starship Rocket Flight
NYT > Science · 1d ago
📰
How to be smarter about the news | Ian Bremmer
TED Talks Daily · 1d ago
What It's Like to Have a Bullet Inside You for Years
RealClearScience - Homepage · 1d ago
Fundamental Effect in Organic Chemistry Is Taught Wrong
RealClearScience - Homepage · 1d ago
Why Most Longevity 'Breakthroughs' Don't Pan Out
RealClearScience - Homepage · 1d ago