Surface mineralogy records the primary composition, climate history and the geochemical
cycling between the surface and atmosphere. We have not yet directly measured mineralogy …

We hypothesize that trace amounts of phosphides formed in the mantle are a plausible
abiotic source of the Venusian phosphine observed by Greaves et al.[Nat. Astron., https://doi …

The surface of Venus is in contact with a hot (~ 470° C), high pressure (92 bars), and caustic
(CO2 with S, but little H2O) atmosphere, which should cause progressive alteration of the …

Whether Venus was ever habitable is a key question driving missions to Earth's sister planet
in the next decade. Venus today has a dry, O2-poor atmosphere, but recent work has …

We report two experiments using 13 mineral and rock samples exposed to a complex
synthetic Venus atmosphere composed of nine gases for durations of 30 and 11 days …

Abstract In 2010 the ESA Venus Express Visible and Infrared Thermal Imaging Spectrometer
(VIRTIS) instrument first observed 1 μm emissivity anomalies over the top and eastern flank …

Aerosol phase elements such as phosphorus (P), sulfur (S), and metals including iron (Fe)
are essential nutrients that could help sustain potential biodiversity in the cloud deck of …

Exploration of Venus in the 1970–1990s revealed that the geology of Venus, the most Earth‐
like of the terrestrial planets, was decidedly un‐Earth‐like, with no plate tectonics, and no …

A number of new Venus mission concepts are being currently evaluated for final approval,
such as the NASA VERITAS and DAVINCI+, the Roscosmos-NASA Venera-D and the ESA …

Understanding crust–atmosphere interactions on Venus is fundamentally important to
interpretations of Venus' surface spectroscopic data. Olivine, in basaltic crust, is oxidized …