Looking back at images from the Magellan mission, which scanned Venus with radar (because it has very thick clouds, if you didn't know), scientists have apparently discovered where an eruption took place.
Venus has lots and lots and lots of volcanoes -- 85,000+, at last count -- so it isn't a BIG surprise that one of them showed some activity.
Active volcano spotted on Venus. The planet's not dead yet.
Caption: Altitude data for the Maat and Ozza Mons region on the Venus surface is shown at left, with the area of study indicated by the black box. At right are the before (A) and after (B) Magellan observations of the expanded vent on Maat Mons, with possible new lava flows after an eruptive event. (Image credit: Altitude data for the Maat and Ozza Mons region on the Venus surface is shown at left, with the area of study indicated by the black box. At right are the before (A) and after (B) Magellan observations of the expanded vent on Maat Mons, with possible new lava flows after an eruptive event.)
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