The surface of Venus has puzzled scientists for years NASA/JPL
Venus鈥檚 strange plateaus may sparkle. Our neighbouring world is sprinkled with domes several hundred metres high that appear different from the rest of its surface, and they may be made of shiny 鈥渃rystal mush鈥 that is squeezed up from underground.
Most of Venus鈥檚 surface is flat, shaped by lava that has flooded the land over the planet鈥檚 history. But amid these relatively unremarkable lava flows sit domes with unexpectedly steep sides that have confused researchers for decades, because it seems unlikely that they were produced by the same dominant…
