Venus Courses and Certifications

Astrum

What Magellan Saw on Venus Before Crashing Into Its Atmosphere

Discover how NASA's Magellan spacecraft mapped 98% of Venus's surface, revealing volcanic pancakes, coronae, and tesserae beneath the planet's dense clouds before its atmospheric crash.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Astrum

We Finally Know What the Surface of Venus Looks Like

Uncover Venus's deadly surface through Soviet Venera missions and NASA's Magellan radar mapping, revealing volcanic landscapes and extreme conditions on our hostile neighbor.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Europlanet

About Venus, Clouds and Sulphur

Explore groundbreaking research on Venus' atmospheric chemistry, focusing on sulfur cycles, cloud composition, and new findings from thermal mapping and Pioneer Venus data analysis.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 14 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Astrum

Why Venus Shouldn't Be Considered Earth's Twin - Our Solar System's Planets

Explore Venus's unique characteristics and discover why it differs significantly from Earth, challenging the notion of planetary twins in our solar system.

• YouTube
• 15 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Lunar and Planetary Institute

First Direct Observation of Present Day Volcanic Activity on Venus

Explore groundbreaking evidence of active volcanism on Venus through radar imagery analysis, revealing recent changes in Maat Mons volcano's vent.

• YouTube
• 54 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

UW Astrobiology

There's More Than One Way to Parch a Planet - Secondary Atmospheric Escape at Mars and Venus and Implications for Exo/Planetary Habitability

Explore secondary atmospheric escape mechanisms at Mars and Venus and their implications for planetary habitability and exoplanet research.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 4 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

NYU Physics

Venus as a Potentially Habitable Planet - The Search for Signs of Life

Explore the intriguing possibility of life on Venus, examining atmospheric mysteries, phosphine detection, and the challenges of potential microbial existence in Venus's sulfuric acid clouds.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

AGU

How Venus Lost Its Water - AbSciCon24 Press Roundtable

Researchers discuss new findings on Venus's water loss, exploring the planet's history and implications for understanding planetary evolution across the galaxy.

• YouTube
• 33 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

EAI - European Astrobiology Institute

The Astrobiological Potential of Venus

Explore Venus's surprising astrobiological potential, from ancient habitable oceans to possible cloud-based life, and its role in understanding planetary habitability limits.

• YouTube
• 57 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Europlanet

Serendipitous Observations of the Moon and Venus

Discover how meteorological satellites can double as space telescopes, revealing lunar mid-infrared spectra and Venus cloud-top temperature variations through Himawari-8/9 data analysis.

• YouTube
• 53 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Advanced Still Life Painting: Venus

Sadie paints ethereal, subtle layers using Indirect method to create her masterful Dutch-Master-inspired still life paintings of crumpled wax paper, often spending weeks on a single small painting.

• Sadie Valeri Atelier
• 4-5 hours
• On-Demand
• $75.00

American Museum of Natural History

The Solar System

Explore the Solar System's evolution, components, and interactions in this comprehensive overview featuring essays by Neil deGrasse Tyson and visualizations using NASA's OpenSpace software to address cutting-edge scientific questions.

• Coursera
• 16 hours 48 minutes
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Devoxx

Managers Are from Mars, Developers Are from Venus

Explore the unique dynamics between managers and developers, uncovering communication challenges and strategies to bridge the gap for more effective collaboration in tech teams.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Venus' Radar-Reflective Highlands - Ferroelectric and Semiconductor Materials

Explore Venus' highlands through radar reflectivity, examining ferroelectric and semiconductor materials. Uncover the planet's geological mysteries and atmospheric interactions.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• On-Demand
• Free Video

AGU

The Venus Twilight Experience - Transit of Venus 2012

Explore the rare 2012 Transit of Venus through the eyes of scientists worldwide, uncovering atmospheric insights and continuing a centuries-old astronomical tradition.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video