Recreating Venus In The Lab
Recreating Venus In The Lab A mineral sample, heated to over 400 degrees C, emits infrared light in the Planetary Emissivity Laboratory at DLR in Berlin. The characteristic spectrum of this infrared...
View ArticleJapanese Spacecraft Approaches Venus
An artist's concept of Akatsuki at Venus. Credit: Akihiro Ikeshita.by Dauna CoulterScience@NASAHuntsville AL (SPX) Aug 17, 2010For the next few months, Venus will be softly resplendent in the evening...
View ArticleHot Atmosphere Of Venus May Cool Planet's Interior
Hot Atmosphere Of Venus May Cool Planet's Interior Maat Mons is displayed in this computer generated three-dimensional perspective of the surface of Venus. The viewpoint is located 634 kilometers (393...
View ArticleVenus Express Finds Planet's Atmosphere a Drag
Venus Express Finds Planet's Atmosphere a Drag File image.by Staff WritersParis, France (ESA) Oct 07, 2010The polar atmosphere of Venus is thinner than expected. How do we know? Because ESA's Venus...
View ArticleVenus Express Probes Atmosphere By Flying Through It
Venus Express Probes Atmosphere By Flying Through It This image, of the 'eye of the hurricane' on Venus was taken by the Visible and Infrared Thermal Imaging Spectrometer (VIRTIS) on board Venus...
View ArticleEvidence of an 'active' Venus found
disclaimer: image is for illustration purposes onlyby Staff WritersSanta Cruz, Calif. (UPI) Oct 25, 2010 New evidence suggests beneath its obscuring cloud cover Venus may be geologically active like...
View ArticleVenus Holds Warning For Earth
This false-colour ultraviolet image of the south pole of Venus was obtained by the Venus Monitoring Camera (VMC) on board ESA's Venus Express on 25 February 2008 from a distance of about 20 000 km, at...
View ArticleReflections - Personal and Planetary
Akatsuki is a great adventure to an enigmatic planet and could help us solve many of that planet's mysteries. For example, one Venusian day is equal to 243 Earth days, yet the clouds shrouding Venus...
View ArticleJapan probe shoots past Venus, may meet again in six years
by Staff WritersTokyo (AFP) Dec 8, 2010A Japanese space probe has hurtled past Venus after failing to enter the planet's orbit as planned, the space agency said Wednesday, but it voiced hope for a...
View ArticleThe Shape-Shifting Southern Vortex Of Venus
Thermal emission at 5 microns from the cloud-tops in the southern polar region of Venus, with the atmospheric winds indicated by white arrows. Credit: ESA/VIRTIS-VenusX/INAF-IASF/LESIA-Obs....
View ArticleThe Shape-Shifting Southern Vortex Of Venus
See detailed animations and supporting captions at ESA Scienceby Staff WritersParis, France (ESA) Apr 11, 2011New analysis of images taken by ESA's Venus Express orbiter has revealed surprising...
View ArticleVenus scientists see research 'bias'
by Staff WritersWashington (UPI) Sep 2, 2011 disclaimer: image is for illustration purposes only Scientists studying Venus say NASA has a bias against the planet when it come to scientific missions...
View ArticleVenus Weather Not Boring After All
by Bill SteigerwaldGreenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 28, 2011 Ultraviolet image of Venus' clouds as seen by the Pioneer Venus Orbiter (Feb. 26, 1979). Credit: NASA. At first glance, a weather forecaster for...
View ArticleTenuous ozone layer discovered in Venus' atmosphere
by Staff WritersParis (ESA) Oct 07, 2011 Artist's impression of the night side of Venus, hihglighting the spots where ozone has been detected. Credit: ESA/AOES Medialab. Using observations of Venus...
View ArticleNASA Debunks Life on Venus Claim
by Staff WritersMoscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 26, 2012 File image NASA has dismissed the sensational claim by a Russian scientist that there is life on Venus, saying that the "disc" seen moving on the...
View ArticleCounting down to the Transit of Venus
by Staff WritersParis, France (SPX) Mar 07, 2012 Image showing refracted sunlight observed during the 2004 egress with a ground-based coronograph using a 9-cm refractor. Credit: Tanga et al., 2012....
View ArticleSpace Weather: Explosions on Venus
by Karen C. Fox for Goddard Space Flight CenterGreenbelt, MD (SPX) Mar 08, 2012 When discontinuities in the solar wind remain in contact with a planet's bow shock, they can collect a pool of hot...
View ArticleAn elusive effect measured during the last Venus transit
by Staff WritersRome, Italy (SPX) Dec 17, 2012 File image. A team of Italian astronomers performed a very difficult measurement for which it was necessary to use the most advanced instrumentation in...
View ArticleSurprises in the South polar vortex in Venus' atmosphere
by Staff WritersAlava, Spain (SPX) Mar 27, 2013The south polar vortex of Venus changes shape every day. Image courtesy Grupo de Ciencias Planetarias, UPV/EHU.The astronomers in the UPV/EHU's Planetary...
View ArticleSuper-hurricane-force winds on Venus are getting stronger
by Staff WritersParis (ESA) Jun 19, 2013Increasing wind speeds on Venus. Credit: Data: Khatuntsev et al.; background image: ESAAs the closest planet to Earth, Venus is a relatively easy object to...
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