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  Venus Express Finds Planetary Atmospheres 'Such a Drag'

  October 7, 2010 — The polar atmosphere of Venus is thinner than expected. How do we know? Because ESA's Venus Express has actually been there. Instead of looking from orbit, Venus Express has flown through the upper ... > full story
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  Earth and Venus Lightning: Similar Mechanisms on the Two Planets

  September 22, 2010 — Despite the great differences between the atmospheres of Venus and Earth, scientists have discovered that very similar mechanisms produce lightning on the two planets. The rates of discharge, the ... > full story
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  Hot Atmosphere of Venus Might Cool Interior of Earth’s Sister Planet

  September 20, 2010 — The heat in the atmosphere of Venus, induced from a strong greenhouse warming, might actually have a cooling effect on the planet's interior. This counter-intuitive theory is based on calculations ... > full story
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  No Such Thing as a Free Lunch for Venus Flytraps

  August 3, 2010 — Charles Darwin described the Venus flytrap as "one of the most wonderful plants in the world." It's also one of the fastest as many an unfortunate insect taking a stroll across a leaf has discovered. ... > full story
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  Was Venus Once a Habitable Planet?

  June 24, 2010 — The European Space Agency's Venus Express is helping planetary scientists investigate whether Venus once had oceans. If it did, it may even have begun its existence as a habitable planet similar to ... > full story
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  Surfing the Alien Atmosphere of Venus

  April 21, 2010 — Venus Express has completed an "aerodrag" campaign that used its solar wings as sails to catch faint wisps of the planet's atmosphere. The test used the orbiter as an exquisitely accurate sensor to ... > full story
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  Venus Is Geologically Alive, Signs of Recent Lava Flows Suggest

  April 8, 2010 — For the first time, scientists have detected clear signs of recent lava flows on the surface of Venus. The observations reveal that volcanoes on Venus appeared to erupt between a few hundred years to ... > full story
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  Venus Records a Rich Early History

  March 26, 2010 — A widely held hypothesis suggests that Venus experienced catastrophic resurfacing about 500 million years ago, resulting in the burial of 80% of Venus' surface. This hypothesis predicts that Venus' ... > full story
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  Venus Express Adds Evidence For Atmospheric Water Loss On Earth's Twin

  September 16, 2009 — Observations by the European Space Agency's Venus Express mission have provided strong new evidence that the solar wind has stripped away significant quantities of water from Earth's twin planet. The ... > full story
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  New Map Hints At Venus's Wet, Volcanic Past

  July 14, 2009 — Venus Express has charted the first map of Venus's southern hemisphere at infrared wavelengths. The new map hints that our neighboring world may once have been more Earth-like with both a plate ... > full story

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