Using data from the Venus Monitoring Camera (VMC) instrument aboard the European Space Agency's (ESA) Venus Express orbiter, scientists have recently determined that the geology present at the planet's equator is more geochemically advanced than researchers first suspected.
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23 May 2012
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The star-tracking instrument aboard the European Space Agency's (ESA) Venus Express orbiter has been disabled by the massive solar flare and coronal mass ejection produced by the Sun over the past couple of days. Experts are hopeful that they will be able to bring the device back online soon.
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9 March 2012
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Venus may be currently decreasing its rotation speed, for unknown reasons. Recent investigations conducted using the European Space Agency's (ESA) Venus Express orbiter revealed that the location of surface features was slightly changed from where it should have been.
Observing the surface of our neighboring pl... |
11 February 2012
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According to the conclusions of a new astronomical study, it would appear that the atmospheric vortex that forms above the South Pole of Venus changes its shape daily, and sometimes even more often. At times, the vortex looks like an 8, or like an S, but it can also take on a range of other shapes as well. A counterp... |
8 April 2011
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Scientists with the American space agency believe they may have uncovered direct evidence that one of our neighboring planets, more precisely Venus, is still geologically active. Evidence to the contrary have been the norm for many years, so these conclusions are bound to stir up some controversy.No space expert had ... |
11 February 2011
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The Venus Express orbiter has recently sent back some datasets that made researchers wonder as to whether our neighboring planet may indeed hold clues to Earth's climate future. The spacecraft found peculiar sulfur dioxide clouds lurking at high altitudes above the planet's surface. The probe, operated by t... |
30 November 2010
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According to data sent back by the Venus Express spacecraft, it would appear that the poisonous atmosphere surrounding our neighboring planet is actually a lot thinner than initially calculated.The datasets that led to these conclusions were not collected from an orbital perch, but rather from a series of low-altitud... |
7 October 2010
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At precisely 5:44 pm EDT (2044 GMT) today, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will launch its new Venus mission. The effort, which is scheduled to last for about two years, will see the Akatsuki Venus Climate Orbiter soaring to the skies alongside the Ikaros solar sail technology demonstrator. This is o... |
17 May 2010
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The European Space Agency (ESA) has been operating the Venus Express spacecraft around the second planet from the Sun since April 2006. The instruments aboard the probe managed to collect a wealth of data about the surface and atmosphere of the space rock, and contributed considerably to our understanding of its stru... |
24 April 2010
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Using data collected recently by the European Space Agency's (ESA) Venus Express orbiter, researchers determined that the surface of our neighboring planet may still exhibit signs of volcanic activity. Hot spots of eruption and gas release may exist at several locations throughout Venus, the team behind the new ... |
9 April 2010
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A new study performed by a team of scientists led by Dmitry Titov from the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research and based on images received from the European Space Agency's Venus Express spacecraft revealed the mysterious source of the light and dark bands seen on the planet's surface in ultravio... |
4 December 2008
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Just a few days ago, ESAs Venus Express spacecraft reported the observation of a weird haze developing into the Venusian atmosphere for no apparent reason. The question about what really determined the appearance of the feature still remains, albeit the ESA has shifted its attention back to the eye of a hurricane rav... |
13 March 2008
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Though Mars is most of the times considered Earth's sister planet, the truth might be completely different. As promised last week, the European Space Agency released yesterday in a press conference new information collected by the Venus Express mission, regarding Venus' atmosphere and surface. Surprisingly,... |
29 November 2007
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Similar to the spacecraft Mars Express, the Venus Express is a project of the European Space Agency to study Venus. The Venus Express was the first mission to Venus, since the 1994 NASA's Magellan mission, but unlike NASA's spacecraft it is not designed to take direct pictures of the planets' surface, ... |
26 November 2007
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