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Venus Express unearths new clues to the planet's geological historyParis, France (ESA) May 22, 2012 ESA's Venus Express has been used to study the geology in a region near Venus' equator. Using near-infrared observations collected by the Venus Monitoring Camera (VMC), scientists have found evidence that the planet's rugged highlands are scattered with geochemically more evolved rocks, rather than the basaltic rocks of the volcanic plains. This finding is in agreement with previous studies, which used data from the spacecraft's Visible and Infrared Thermal Imaging Spectrometer (VIRTIS) to map the ... read more |
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 Venus Invades the Pleiades This week the second planet from the sun will pass directly in front of the Pleiades star cluster. It's a rare sunset conjunction that's easy to find with the unaided eye, but best seen through bino ... more | .. |
 A magnetic surprise for Venus Express Venus is a rarity among planets - a world that does not internally generate a magnetic field. Despite the absence of a large protective magnetosphere, the near-Venus environment does exhibit a numbe ... more | .. |
 Space Weather: Explosions on Venus In the grand scheme of the solar system, Venus and Earth are almost the same distance from the sun. Yet the planets differ dramatically: Venus is some 100 times hotter than Earth and its days more t ... more | .. |
 Counting down to the Transit of Venus Three months before the last transit of Venus this century, scientists are gathering at the Observatoire de Paris to finalise their observation plans in a workshop supported by the Europlanet Resear ... more |
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 A bad day on Venus gets even worse Contrary to its alluring name, Venus is the planet from hell, with an atmosphere so hot, toxic and heavy that any visitor would risk being simultaneously melted, suffocated and crushed. ... more | .. |
Spacecraft sees slowing of Venus rotation ESA's Venus Express spacecraft has discovered that our cloud-covered neighbour spins a little slower than previously measured. Peering through the dense atmosphere in the infrared, ... more | .. |
China to get 2012 view of Venus transit Parts of eastern and central China will see a complete transit of Venus in June, an event they'll have to wait 105 years to witness again, astronomers say. ... more | .. |
ESA finds that Venus has an ozone layer too ESA's Venus Express spacecraft has discovered an ozone layer high in the atmosphere of Venus. Comparing its properties with those of the equivalent layers on Earth and Mars will help astronomers ref ... more |
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 Tenuous ozone layer discovered in Venus' atmosphere Using observations of Venus performed with an instrument on ESA's Venus Express scientists have detected, for the first time, a tenuous layer of ozone in this planet's atmosphere. Located at an alti ... more | .. |
 Venus Weather Not Boring After All At first glance, a weather forecaster for Venus would have either a really easy or a really boring job, depending on your point of view. The climate on Venus is widely known to be unpleasant - at th ... more | .. |
 Japan test fires Venus probe engine Japan on Thursday said it had successfully test-fired the engine of its "Akatsuki" space probe in preparation for a renewed attempt to get it into orbit around Venus in 2015. ... more | .. |
Venus scientists see research 'bias' Scientists studying Venus say NASA has a bias against the planet when it come to scientific missions and infrequent visits are hindering their research. ... more |
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