Venus
Scientists Discover Why “Earth’s Twin” Has Almost No Water
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Venus today is dry thanks to water loss to space as atomic hydrogen. In the dominant loss process, an HCO+ ion recombines ...
Venus is leaking carbon and oxygen, a fleeting visit by BepiColombo reveals
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An abundance of gases, including carbon and oxygen, are being stripped away from Venus’ atmosphere, according to flyby data from Europe’s BepiColombo ...
‘Venus Eclipse’ Opens For ‘Great North American Eclipse:’ The Sky This Week
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Bangkok on March 24, 2023, following a lunar occultation of the second planet from the sun. (Photo by Jack TAYLOR / AFP) ...
Life as we know it could exist on Venus, new experiment reveals
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If Venus hosts lifeforms in its toxic clouds, they likely won’t be deprived of amino acids, one of the essential building blocks ...
Life on Venus? MIT’s “Absolutely Surprising” Discovery of Amino Acid Stability
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MIT researchers have found that amino acids — major building blocks for life on Earth — are stable in highly concentrated sulfuric ...
New space missions will probe the mysteries of Venus and the universe
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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. A satellite designed ...
Dark streaks in Venus’ atmosphere can be explained by iron minerals
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New experiments may have solved one of Venus’ biggest mysteries. Astrochemists have found that iron-bearing minerals are potentially the mysterious ultraviolet-absorbing substance ...
A Moon May Have Flipped Venus’s Spin In Wrong Direction: Study
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Venus’s history and the potential for habitability have captivated researchers. Venus displays a unique rotation pattern, opposite to that of other planets ...
Alien life could thrive in Venus’ acidic clouds, new study hints
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New research is focusing on the sulfuric-acid clouds of Venus as a potential abode for life. The new Venus study calls for ...
Venus’s Skies Are Covered in Oxygen, Actually
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While air is a gaseous delight unique to Earth, a team of astrophysicists have made a satisfying discovery: the direct observation of ...
