Lava may be flowing from Venus volcano
New mapping, simulations point to cause of planet’s hot spot
![Idunn Mons on Venus](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/101816_cc_venus_volcano_main.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
HOT SPOT Idunn Mons, a 2.5-kilometer-high volcano on Venus seen in this map from the Magellan spacecraft, might be currently active, a new study suggests.
JPL-Caltech/NASA, ESA