Thanks to a thick layer of cloud cover trapping in heat, Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system, with temperatures boiling over at 850 degrees Fahrenheit (454 C). But in a study published last week in Nature Physics, the European Space Agency found something surprising at the planet’s poles: temperatures more frigid than anywhere on Earth.
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2016/04/20/a-frigid-surprise-at-venus-poles/#.VxoYQUeIWFV
