{"682780":{"#nid":"682780","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Hold the syrup: Weirdly perfect \u0027pancakes\u0027 on Venus may prove the planet is buckling","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EVenus is famous for its \u0022pancake domes\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u2014 steep-sided volcanoes that rise from the planet\u0027s surface like circular welts. In a paper published in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1029\/2024JE008571\u0022\u003EJournal of Geophysical Research: Planets\u003C\/a\u003E, a research team that included\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E postdoctoral fellow\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=CGsceXYAAAAJ\u0026amp;hl=en\u0022\u003EMadison Borrelli\u003C\/a\u003E suggested that these unusual dome-shaped structures are at least partly sculpted by the planet\u0027s upper crust, which seems more flexible in certain regions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003ETo determine how a bendy crust could affect the formation of a pancake dome, Borrelli and her colleagues at universities in France and the U.S. focused on the only dome for which they had high resolution data: the Narina Tholus, an 88.5-mile-wide (55 kilometers) dome located on the circumference of the Aramaiti Corona, one of the many giant oval structures that pockmark Venus\u0027 surface.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EBorrelli hopes that upcoming missions to Venus\u0026nbsp;\u2014 like NASA\u0027s VERITAS program\u0026nbsp;\u2014 will provide higher resolution topography of the planet\u0027s surface, allowing the researchers to test their model with more data.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESimilar stories appeared at\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/dailygalaxy.com\/2025\/05\/scientists-stunned-venus-pancake-volcanoes\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EDaily Galaxy\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.extremetech.com\/science\/scientists-figure-out-why-venus-is-covered-with-pancakes\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EExtreme Tech\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E, and\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.newsbytesapp.com\/news\/science\/how-pancake-volcanoes-formed-on-venus-s-surface-here-s-the-answer\/story\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ENewsbytes\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EVenus is famous for its \u0022pancake domes\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u2014 steep-sided volcanoes that rise from the planet\u0027s surface like circular welts. In a paper published in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1029\/2024JE008571\u0022\u003EJournal of Geophysical Research: Planets\u003C\/a\u003E, a research team that included\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E postdoctoral fellow\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=CGsceXYAAAAJ\u0026amp;hl=en\u0022\u003EMadison Borrelli\u003C\/a\u003E suggested that these unusual dome-shaped structures are at least partly sculpted by the planet\u0027s upper crust, which seems more flexible in certain regions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003ETo determine how a bendy crust could affect the formation of a pancake dome, Borrelli and her colleagues at universities in France and the U.S. focused on the only dome for which they had high resolution data: the Narina Tholus, an 88.5-mile-wide (55 kilometers) dome located on the circumference of the Aramaiti Corona, one of the many giant oval structures that pockmark Venus\u0027 surface.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EBorrelli hopes that upcoming missions to Venus\u0026nbsp;\u2014 like NASA\u0027s VERITAS program\u0026nbsp;\u2014 will provide higher resolution topography of the planet\u0027s surface, allowing the researchers to test their model with more data.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESimilar stories appeared at\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/dailygalaxy.com\/2025\/05\/scientists-stunned-venus-pancake-volcanoes\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EDaily Galaxy\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.extremetech.com\/science\/scientists-figure-out-why-venus-is-covered-with-pancakes\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EExtreme Tech\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E, and\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.newsbytesapp.com\/news\/science\/how-pancake-volcanoes-formed-on-venus-s-surface-here-s-the-answer\/story\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ENewsbytes\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36583","created_gmt":"2025-06-12 18:42:37","changed_gmt":"2025-06-13 14:35:35","author":"lvidal7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Live Science","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/space\/venus\/hold-the-syrup-weirdly-perfect-pancakes-on-venus-may-prove-the-planet-is-buckling","dateline":{"date":"2025-05-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-05-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"184903","name":"venus"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"192252","name":"cos-planetary"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}