Does lightning strike on Venus? Maybe not, study suggests
Venus may be a (slightly) gentler place than some scientists give it credit for.
Venus may be a (slightly) gentler place than some scientists give it credit for.
Planetary Sciences
Oct 2, 2023
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The Venus flytrap can survive in the nutrient-poor swamps of North and South Carolina because it compensates for the lack of nitrogen, phosphate and minerals by catching and eating insects. It hunts with snap traps that have ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 22, 2023
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Memories of solar impact from seven ESA spacecraft have been collected and analyzed in a first-of-its-kind study to better understand the radiation environment in space. Huge amounts of engineering data has been used to reveal ...
Space Exploration
Aug 11, 2023
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A Southwest Research Institute-led team has modeled the early impact history of Venus to explain how Earth's sister planet has maintained a youthful surface despite lacking plate tectonics. The team compared the early collision ...
Astronomy
Jul 20, 2023
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A few weeks ago, a team of scientists from Caltech announced that they had successfully transmitted energy from an orbiting satellite down to Earth. It wasn't a lot of energy, but it showed that it was possible.
Planetary Sciences
Jul 10, 2023
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe accomplished a milestone on June 27, 2023—its 16th orbit of the sun. This included a close approach to the sun (known as perihelion) on June 22, 2023, where the spacecraft came within 5.3 million ...
Space Exploration
Jul 3, 2023
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Intrigued by reports of recent volcanic eruptions on Venus? WashU planetary scientists Paul Byrne and Rebecca Hahn want you to use their new map of 85,000 volcanoes on Venus to help locate the next active lava flow. Their ...
Astronomy
Mar 29, 2023
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Keep an eye to the sky this week for a chance to see a planetary hangout.
Planetary Sciences
Mar 26, 2023
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More than half the solar system's planets will align Monday in a rarely seen spectacle, arcing across a corner of the night sky.
Astronomy
Mar 23, 2023
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With the first paper compiling all known information about planets like Venus beyond our solar system, scientists are the closest they've ever been to finding an analog of Earth's "twin."
Astronomy
Mar 22, 2023
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