Surface of Venus is moving like pack ice on a lake, research suggests

The surface of Venus is moving like pack ice on a lake, research suggests (NC State University, based upon original NASA/JPL imagery)

The surface of Venus shows evidence that the plates that make up its crust are moving in the form of crustal blocks that have jostled against each other like broken chunks of pack ice, new research suggests.

The movement of these blocks could indicate Earth’s neighbouring planet is still geologically active and gives scientists insight into both exoplanet tectonics and the earliest tectonic activity on Earth.