{"id":18835,"date":"2026-10-09T08:22:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T13:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vistazodiscover.audiencelabs.com.br\/?p=18835"},"modified":"2026-10-09T05:09:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T10:09:44","slug":"cientificos-encuentran-una-cueva-en-venus-que-podria-esconder-antiguos-tuneles-de-lava-bajo-el-planeta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vistazodiscover.audiencelabs.com.br\/cientificos-encuentran-una-cueva-en-venus-que-podria-esconder-antiguos-tuneles-de-lava-bajo-el-planeta\/","title":{"rendered":"Cient\u00edficos encuentran una cueva en Venus que podr\u00eda esconder antiguos t\u00faneles de lava bajo el planeta"},"content":{"rendered":"

Científicos <\/span>han <\/span>identificado <\/span>indicios <\/span>de <\/span>una <\/span>posible <\/span>cueva <\/span>en <\/span>Venus <\/span>que <\/span>podrían <\/span>aportar <\/span>nuevos <\/span>datos <\/span>sobre <\/span>la <\/span>geología <\/span>del <\/span>planeta. <\/span>La <\/span>formación, <\/span>localizada <\/span>en <\/span>la <\/span>ladera <\/span>occidental <\/span>del <\/span>volcán <\/span>Nyx <\/span>Mons, <\/span>fue <\/span>detectada <\/span>mediante <\/span>señales <\/span>de <\/span>radar <\/span>registradas <\/span>por <\/span>la <\/span>misión <\/span>Magellan <\/span>hace <\/span>décadas.<\/span><\/p>\n

El <\/span>hallazgo <\/span>se <\/span>basa <\/span>en <\/span>datos <\/span>que <\/span>muestran <\/span>un <\/span>retorno <\/span>de <\/span>radar <\/span>asimétrico <\/span>y <\/span>brillante, <\/span>diferente <\/span>del <\/span>observado <\/span>en <\/span>las <\/span>depresiones <\/span>cercanas. <\/span>Estas <\/span>características <\/span>podrían <\/span>indicar <\/span>la <\/span>presencia <\/span>de <\/span>una <\/span>cavidad <\/span>subterránea <\/span>relacionada <\/span>con <\/span>antiguos <\/span>flujos <\/span>de <\/span>lava.<\/span><\/p>\n

Aunque <\/span>la <\/span>existencia <\/span>de <\/span>tubos <\/span>de <\/span>lava <\/span>en <\/span>Venus <\/span>se <\/span>ha <\/span>planteado <\/span>durante <\/span>años, <\/span>la <\/span>estructura <\/span>identificada <\/span>constituye <\/span>una <\/span>posible <\/span>evidencia <\/span>de <\/span>este <\/span>tipo <\/span>de <\/span>formación <\/span>en <\/span>el <\/span>planeta. <\/span>Sin <\/span>embargo, <\/span>todavía <\/span>no <\/span>ha <\/span>sido <\/span>explorada <\/span>directamente, <\/span>por <\/span>lo <\/span>que <\/span>su <\/span>naturaleza <\/span>exacta <\/span>sigue <\/span>sin <\/span>confirmarse.<\/span><\/p>\n

El <\/span>radar <\/span>permite <\/span>explorar <\/span>la <\/span>superficie <\/span>de <\/span>Venus<\/span><\/h2>\n

El <\/span>descubrimiento <\/span>se <\/span>apoya <\/span>en <\/span>el <\/span>radar <\/span>de <\/span>apertura <\/span>sintética <\/span>(SAR) <\/span>de <\/span>la <\/span>misión <\/span>Magellan<\/a>. <\/span>Debido <\/span>a <\/span>la <\/span>densa <\/span>atmósfera <\/span>de <\/span>Venus <\/span>y <\/span>a <\/span>sus <\/span>espesas <\/span>nubes, <\/span>la <\/span>observación <\/span>óptica <\/span>de <\/span>la <\/span>superficie <\/span>resulta <\/span>limitada. <\/span>El <\/span>radar, <\/span>en <\/span>cambio, <\/span>permite <\/span>obtener <\/span>imágenes <\/span>y <\/span>analizar <\/span>características <\/span>del <\/span>terreno.<\/span><\/p>\n

La <\/span>abertura <\/span>detectada, <\/span>denominada <\/span>pit<\/span><\/span> en <\/span>inglés, <\/span>podría <\/span>medir <\/span>aproximadamente <\/span>1.545 <\/span>metros <\/span>de <\/span>largo <\/span>por <\/span>1.070 <\/span>metros <\/span>de <\/span>ancho <\/span>y <\/span>alcanzar <\/span>una <\/span>profundidad <\/span>de <\/span>450 <\/span>metros. <\/span>Los <\/span>datos <\/span>también <\/span>permiten <\/span>identificar <\/span>partes <\/span>de <\/span>una <\/span>posible <\/span>estructura <\/span>que <\/span>se <\/span>extiende <\/span>al <\/span>menos <\/span>300 <\/span>metros <\/span>desde <\/span>la <\/span>abertura.<\/span><\/p>\n

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RSLab\/ Universidade de Trento<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Estas <\/span>dimensiones <\/span>y <\/span>características <\/span>son <\/span>compatibles <\/span>con <\/span>la <\/span>hipótesis <\/span>de <\/span>una <\/span>cavidad <\/span>volcánica, <\/span>aunque <\/span>se <\/span>necesitan <\/span>más <\/span>observaciones <\/span>para <\/span>determinar <\/span>su <\/span>configuración <\/span>interna <\/span>y <\/span>confirmar <\/span>si <\/span>se <\/span>trata <\/span>de <\/span>un <\/span>tubo <\/span>de <\/span>lava.<\/span><\/p>\n

Qué <\/span>puede <\/span>revelar <\/span>sobre <\/span>la <\/span>historia <\/span>volcánica <\/span>de <\/span>Venus<\/span><\/h2>\n

El <\/span>estudio <\/span>de <\/span>esta <\/span>posible <\/span>cueva <\/span>podría <\/span>ayudar <\/span>a <\/span>comprender <\/span>mejor <\/span>la <\/span>actividad <\/span>volcánica <\/span>que <\/span>modeló <\/span>la <\/span>superficie <\/span>de <\/span>Venus. <\/span>La <\/span>comparación <\/span>con <\/span>los <\/span>tubos <\/span>de <\/span>lava <\/span>terrestres <\/span>también <\/span>ofrece <\/span>pistas <\/span>sobre <\/span>cómo <\/span>se <\/span>forman <\/span>y <\/span>evolucionan <\/span>estas <\/span>estructuras <\/span>en <\/span>diferentes <\/span>condiciones <\/span>planetarias.<\/span><\/p>\n

Futuras <\/span>misiones <\/span>podrían <\/span>aportar <\/span>información <\/span>más <\/span>detallada <\/span>sobre <\/span>estas <\/span>cavidades <\/span>y <\/span>contribuir <\/span>a <\/span>esclarecer <\/span>su <\/span>origen. <\/span>Hasta <\/span>entonces, <\/span>la <\/span>estructura <\/span>de <\/span>Nyx <\/span>Mons <\/span>seguirá <\/span>siendo <\/span>un <\/span>objeto <\/span>de <\/span>investigación <\/span>para <\/span>comprender <\/span>mejor <\/span>la <\/span>evolución <\/span>geológica <\/span>de <\/span>nuestro <\/span>planeta <\/span>vecino.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Científicos han identificado indicios de una posible cueva en Venus que podrían aportar nuevos datos sobre la geología del planeta. La formación, localizada en la ladera occidental del volcán Nyx Mons, fue detectada mediante señales de radar registradas por la misión Magellan hace décadas. El hallazgo se basa en datos que muestran un retorno de […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18834,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_post_split":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discover"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vistazodiscover.audiencelabs.com.br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vistazodiscover.audiencelabs.com.br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vistazodiscover.audiencelabs.com.br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vistazodiscover.audiencelabs.com.br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vistazodiscover.audiencelabs.com.br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18835"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vistazodiscover.audiencelabs.com.br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18878,"href":"https:\/\/vistazodiscover.audiencelabs.com.br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18835\/revisions\/18878"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vistazodiscover.audiencelabs.com.br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vistazodiscover.audiencelabs.com.br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vistazodiscover.audiencelabs.com.br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vistazodiscover.audiencelabs.com.br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}