Scientists have long puzzled over why Venus appears to be such an unstable, polluted version of Earth. Today, NASA announced it had approved two missions to study this turbulent world. DAVINCI+ will examine the planet’s toxic atmosphere while VERITAS will map its surface and search for any sign that it once hosted water. Venera 1 […]
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Mercury and Venus in alliance foster better communication skills and diplomacy while encouraging love, romance, and social charm. Check the evening twilight sky this week, looking out for Mercury as it rises over western landscape. Be careful that tall hills or houses do not obscure your view! Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun
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Rocket Lab will launch their Venus Life Finder probe aboard their Electron rocket. Their multipurpose spacecraft will be smaller and less expensive than NASA’s current Venus probes. VERITAS will be the first medium-class mission since Magellan in the 1990s to explore Venus. It will produce exquisite maps of this distant world. Sputnik 7 The spacecraft’s
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Before recently, Venus was considered a low priority planet to explore; however, the discovery of phosphine on Venus has reignited interest in this hellish realm. Ancients believed Venus had an environment similar to Earth with jungle-like foliage and carbonated oceans, but radio observations of brightness temperatures suggested otherwise – suggesting its surface must have been
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Soviet Venera 15 and 16 spacecraft collaborated for 8 months on an eight month mission, during which they used their autofluorescing nephelometers to blast clouds with ultraviolet light and cause their droplets to fluoresce, creating a radar map of Venus. Each spacecraft released a lander equipped with color cameras and instruments such as autofluorescing nephelometers
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Mercury and Venus, unlike most rocky planets in our Solar System, are typically not considered suitable places for life to exist; their harsh conditions make them unsuitable as candidates for life support systems. Yet engineers have created spacecraft capable of withstanding these inhospitable worlds’ harsh environment. Scientists have recently discovered that Venus’ atmosphere contains phosphine,
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What is the Planet Nearest to Earth? Venus or Mars come to mind when we think of planets nearby; their distance from the sun dictates which one ranks highest on their elliptical orbits. However, according to new analysis published by Physics Today, Mercury actually spends the most time near Earth. Venus Venus is the hottest
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When asked which planet is closest to Earth, most would likely answer Venus – which makes sense given that it travels along its shortest orbit more frequently and thus comes closer to us more frequently. Mercury is actually the correct answer: from now until early August it is in opposition with Earth and this proximity
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Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system, boasting its Great Red Spot that nearly covers as much surface area as our own planet! People typically calculate which planet comes closest to Earth in size by subtracting their average distances from the Sun; however, due to the nature of elliptical orbits, which one actually
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