Venus (2022) -

: Numerical modeling work in 2022 proposed updated chemical compositions and interior structure models, suggesting the planet's core and mantle interactions might be more Earth-like than previously thought. 4. Mission Strategy & Navigation

: Researchers successfully tracked a massive "discontinuity" in the middle cloud layer for 109 days. This wave-like feature, spanning over 4,000 km, is thought to be driven by zonal wind changes. Venus (2022)

: A 2022 study utilized a specialized Venus-ESD chamber to simulate lightning in the cloud layer, successfully characterizing 15 types of free radicals and excited atoms that could exist in the Venusian atmosphere. : Numerical modeling work in 2022 proposed updated

While the surface remains hostile, the 2022 research landscape leaned heavily into the potential habitability of the cloud layers. spanning over 4