The Unexpected capabilities - Venus in a New Light

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NASA's Parker Solar probe has successfully taken its first visible light images of the surface of Venus, finally capturing the red hot glow of the planet's surface which could prove to be really helpful to understand the minerals and heat features on the surface of this mysterious planet. Venus also called the 'Evil twin' is smothered in thick clouds and obstructs all the visible light coming from it. Back in the 1990, NASA's Magellan mission did create the first maps of the planet based on radar and infrared images, however they were not visible to the human eye. Today, NASA's Parker solar probe (WISPR) instrument has been able to photograph the entire night side of the planet in wavelengths of visible spectrum. WISPR was designed to see faint features in the solar wind coming from the Sun. Various scientists had expected that the probe would only be able to capture the clouds, however, WISPR saw through the planet. The longest visible wavelengths, bordering the near-infrared wavelengths, made it through the surface of Venus and provided quintessential information to understand the planet's evolution, continental regions, plains and plateaus. The planet is visibly glowing. It feels as if a piece of iron is pulled out from a forge. These inferences could allow us to find the similarities in the conditions on Earth and Venus and conclude as to why and due to which circumstances did Venus become like it is today - inhospitable. Scientists are now comparing these images to the ones created by the radar to analyze how the temperature is changing with altitude.

While the major purpose of the Parker Solar Probe is to investigate solar science, particularly the Sun, the Venusian flybys have provided exciting chances for additional data that wasn't anticipated when the mission was launched. It is like a cherry on the cake!

This is something truly new and scientists feel it will yield exciting science in the long run. 

The next and final time this probe shall be imaging Venus will be in the year 2024. I earnestly wish that it creates a lasting impact on the research about Venus. I am very eager to know about the upcoming revolutionary discoveries. Are you?

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