What Did A Soviet Probe Find On Venus? First Real Images Of Venus

Venus... It is considered to be the evil twin of the Earth. Rains of sulfuric acid, carbon dioxide-filled air, hellish temperatures... But this world has always interested us. And the Soviet Union decided to do the seemingly impossible - land a probe on its surface.

Scientists didn’t give up, and collected unique scientific data and received images directly from the surface of the planet.

So how did one Soviet spacecraft manage to withstand the hellish planet’s heat for almost an hour? What did the Soviet probes and the Parker Solar Probe capture? And why do some images of Venus still surprise scientists?