ultraviolet light

Dark streaks in Venus’ atmosphere can be explained by iron minerals

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Dr. Sarah Adams

New experiments may have solved one of Venus’ biggest mysteries. Astrochemists have found that iron-bearing minerals are potentially the mysterious ultraviolet-absorbing substance ...

This light-bending tech will let scientists see the sun like never before

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Dr. Sarah Adams

To truly understand what makes the solar wind tick, heliophysicists must analyze the minuscule features on the sun‘s surface that help accelerate ...

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot turns blue in new ultraviolet view from Hubble Telescope (photo)

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Viewing Jupiter in ultraviolet light really brings out the planet’s storms. The Hubble Space Telescope recently snapped an ultraviolet image of the ...