Giant Mountains On Venus May Cause Its Weird Weather Patterns

With average surface temperatures of 860 degrees Fahrenheit (460 degrees Celsius), Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system. Venus' atmosphere is made up almost completely of carbon dioxide, creating an extreme version of the greenhouse effect that warms Earth. Using observations from the European Space Agency's (ESA) Venus Express satellite, along with data collected from the SPICAV (Spectroscopy for Investigation of Characteristics of the Atmosphere of Venus) spectrometer, research