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Scientists Discover New Electric Field in Earth’s Atmosphere Crucial for Life
Scientists have finally detected the long-predicted ambipolar electric field in Earth's atmosphere. Though weak, it plays a crucial role in shaping the planet’s upper atmosphere, impacting the polar wind and potentially contributing to Earth’s habitability. This discovery could help explain why Earth’s atmosphere has remained conducive to lif...
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Rare Green Flash From Venus Is Captured In Stunning Image
The Sun too emits similar green flashes, especially when it rises above the horizon.
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After Moon Mission, ISRO Eyes Venus, Exoplanets, Says Chief S Somanath
After the success of the Moon mission, ISRO has set sights on unlocking the mysteries of dying stars and exoplanets some of which are known to have atmosphere and are considered habitable, Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman S Somanath said.
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NASA Study Suggests How Temperate Venus Suffered A "Heat Death"
NASA study explains how geological occurrences caused the "hot death" of a temperate Venus.
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NASA Test Payload Launches Into Space Onboard US Satellite for Improved Weather Forecasting
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the Joint Polar Satellite System-2 satellite and the NASA test payload lifted off on Thursday from California. JPSS-2 was placed into an orbit that circles the Earth from pole to pole, joining previously launched satellites in a system designed to improve weather forecasting and climate monitoring.
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Possibility of Finding Living Organisms on Venus Slim, New Analysis Suggests
In the latest study, published in Nature Communications, the research team led by astronomer Sean Jordan from the University of Cambridge have investigated the chemical reactions on the planet to demystify the idea of life on Venus. They looked for sulphur-based food in the Venusian atmosphere as it is the main available energy source.
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Is There Oxygen On Venus? NASA's DAVINCI Mission To Find Out
The DAVINCI Mission is tentatively scheduled to launch June 2029 and enter the Venusian atmosphere in June 2031.
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NASA’s DAVINCI Mission to Venus Launching in 2029, Will ‘Address Long-Standing Questions About Earth’s Sister Planet’
NASA has planned to explore Venus via two missions in the early 2030s. One of them is VERITAS, which would orbit the planet. And the other, DAVINCI — Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry and Imaging — would launch a probe through the acrid Venus atmosphere to observe various parameters including whether it once had wate...
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Study Rules Out Life On Venus Due To Lack Of Water
A study measuring water concentration in Venus's atmosphere concluded Monday that life as we know it is not possible among the sulphuric acid droplets that make up the planet's famously cloudy skies.
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Venus Discovered to Have Traces of Phosphine Gas Linked to Life on Earth
The atmosphere of Venus contains traces of phosphine gas – which on Earth can be attributed to living organisms – scientists said on Monday, in a fresh insight into conditions on our nearest planetary neighbour.
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"Exciting Signs Of Possible Presence Of Life": Scientist On Venus Find
The atmosphere of Venus contains traces of phosphine gas -- which on Earth is associated with living organisms -- scientists said on Monday, in fresh insight into conditions on our nearest planetary neighbour.
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Hottest Planet Ever Discovered Has An Atmosphere As Warm As A Star's
The hottest planet ever discovered orbits a massive star so sizzling it burns bluish white. On exoplanet KELT-9b, a gas giant 650 light-years from Earth, temperatures during the day reach 4,300 degrees Celsius, or 7,770 degrees Fahrenheit. That's only about 1,300 degrees Celsius cooler than the surface of the sun. Venus, the planet in our solar sys...
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Exoplanet May Be Brimming With Oxygen But Not Life
A Venus-like exoplanet may have atmosphere with oxygen but not life, researchers report, adding that their magma ocean-atmosphere model can help solve the puzzle of how Venus evolved over time.
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Venus' Electric Wind Blamed for Lack of Water on Second Planet From the Sun
Venus has an "electric wind" strong enough to remove the components of water from its upper atmosphere, a study said.
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Northrop Grumman Making Plane for Years-Long Cruise in the Skies of Venus
The plane is part of the Venus mission concept called Venus Atmospheric Manoeuvrable Platform (VAMP).
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Scientists Discover New Electric Field in Earth’s Atmosphere Crucial for Life
Scientists have finally detected the long-predicted ambipolar electric field in Earth's atmosphere. Though weak, it plays a crucial role in shaping the planet’s upper atmosphere, impacting the polar wind and potentially contributing to Earth’s habitability. This discovery could help explain why Earth’s atmosphere has remained conducive to lif...
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Rare Green Flash From Venus Is Captured In Stunning Image
The Sun too emits similar green flashes, especially when it rises above the horizon.
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After Moon Mission, ISRO Eyes Venus, Exoplanets, Says Chief S Somanath
After the success of the Moon mission, ISRO has set sights on unlocking the mysteries of dying stars and exoplanets some of which are known to have atmosphere and are considered habitable, Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman S Somanath said.
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NASA Study Suggests How Temperate Venus Suffered A "Heat Death"
NASA study explains how geological occurrences caused the "hot death" of a temperate Venus.
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NASA Test Payload Launches Into Space Onboard US Satellite for Improved Weather Forecasting
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the Joint Polar Satellite System-2 satellite and the NASA test payload lifted off on Thursday from California. JPSS-2 was placed into an orbit that circles the Earth from pole to pole, joining previously launched satellites in a system designed to improve weather forecasting and climate monitoring.
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Possibility of Finding Living Organisms on Venus Slim, New Analysis Suggests
In the latest study, published in Nature Communications, the research team led by astronomer Sean Jordan from the University of Cambridge have investigated the chemical reactions on the planet to demystify the idea of life on Venus. They looked for sulphur-based food in the Venusian atmosphere as it is the main available energy source.
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Is There Oxygen On Venus? NASA's DAVINCI Mission To Find Out
The DAVINCI Mission is tentatively scheduled to launch June 2029 and enter the Venusian atmosphere in June 2031.
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NASA’s DAVINCI Mission to Venus Launching in 2029, Will ‘Address Long-Standing Questions About Earth’s Sister Planet’
NASA has planned to explore Venus via two missions in the early 2030s. One of them is VERITAS, which would orbit the planet. And the other, DAVINCI — Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry and Imaging — would launch a probe through the acrid Venus atmosphere to observe various parameters including whether it once had wate...
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Study Rules Out Life On Venus Due To Lack Of Water
A study measuring water concentration in Venus's atmosphere concluded Monday that life as we know it is not possible among the sulphuric acid droplets that make up the planet's famously cloudy skies.
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Venus Discovered to Have Traces of Phosphine Gas Linked to Life on Earth
The atmosphere of Venus contains traces of phosphine gas – which on Earth can be attributed to living organisms – scientists said on Monday, in a fresh insight into conditions on our nearest planetary neighbour.
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"Exciting Signs Of Possible Presence Of Life": Scientist On Venus Find
The atmosphere of Venus contains traces of phosphine gas -- which on Earth is associated with living organisms -- scientists said on Monday, in fresh insight into conditions on our nearest planetary neighbour.
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Hottest Planet Ever Discovered Has An Atmosphere As Warm As A Star's
The hottest planet ever discovered orbits a massive star so sizzling it burns bluish white. On exoplanet KELT-9b, a gas giant 650 light-years from Earth, temperatures during the day reach 4,300 degrees Celsius, or 7,770 degrees Fahrenheit. That's only about 1,300 degrees Celsius cooler than the surface of the sun. Venus, the planet in our solar sys...
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Exoplanet May Be Brimming With Oxygen But Not Life
A Venus-like exoplanet may have atmosphere with oxygen but not life, researchers report, adding that their magma ocean-atmosphere model can help solve the puzzle of how Venus evolved over time.
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Venus' Electric Wind Blamed for Lack of Water on Second Planet From the Sun
Venus has an "electric wind" strong enough to remove the components of water from its upper atmosphere, a study said.
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Northrop Grumman Making Plane for Years-Long Cruise in the Skies of Venus
The plane is part of the Venus mission concept called Venus Atmospheric Manoeuvrable Platform (VAMP).
