Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets VOL.131 ISSUE 5 | 24 May 2026
Corona Clustering on Venus Hints at Mantle Dynamics
Grant Euen + Scott D King
Coronae are ring‐shaped volcanic features on the surface of Venus whose origins are not well understood. Coronae are absent from the lowest and highest topographic regions,...
Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets VOL.131 ISSUE 5 | 23 May 2026
Characterizing Patterns of Resurfacing on Venus With Volcanoes and Coronae
Nicholas Montiel + Barbara De Toffoli
One of the major research questions for Venus is the manner in which it resurfaces itself, with a near‐random distribution of a relatively few craters providing the only age...
Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets VOL.131 ISSUE 5 | 23 May 2026
Volcanism at Piton de la Fournaise as an Analog for Chloris Mons, Venus
Evan Cooper + Ian TW Flynn + Eleanor Sterling ...
Identifying and investigating terrestrial analogs for Venus volcanic activity is necessary to prepare for the planned upcoming missions to Venus. We propose volcanism at Piton...
Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics VOL.131 ISSUE 5 | 30 April 2026
Solar Orbiter in Venus' Ionosphere: Observations From the 4th Flyby
Niklas J T Edberg + Anders I Eriksson + Antonio Vecchio ...
Solar Orbiter entered the topside ionosphere of Venus for the first time when performing its 4th flyby of the planet, reaching an altitude of 378 km on 18 Feb 2025. High‐cadence...
Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets VOL.131 ISSUE 5 | 2 May 2026
The Impact of the Sulfur Allotropes and Sulfur Hydrides on the Venus Cloud Chemistry
Maxence LEFEVRE + Anni Elisa Määttänen + Ashwin Braude ...
Venus is home to vivid sulfur chemistry, with SO2 ${\text{SO}}_{2}$ as the major sulfur gas species and a global cloud layer between 47 and 70 km composed of H2SO4 ${\mathrm{H}}_{2}{\text{SO}}_{4}$...