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Surprisingly little water has escaped to space from Venus
Kiruna, Sweden (SPX) Nov 12, 2020 On 13 November Moa Persson, Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) and Umea University, will defend her doctoral thesis. Her thesis shows that only a small part of the historical water content on Venus has been lost to space over the past 4 billion years. This is much less than researchers previously thought. The thesis is built on analyses of how the solar wind, a stream of charged particles from the Sun, affects the Venusian atmosphere and causes atmospheric particles to escape to space. Moa P ... read more |
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BepiColombo flies by Venus en route to MercuryParis (ESA) Oct 16, 2020 The ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission has completed the first of two Venus flybys needed to set it on course with the Solar System's innermost planet, Mercury. The closest approach of the flyby took plac ... more 
Venus flyby on the way to MercuryBern, Switzerland (SPX) Oct 15, 2020 The space probe BepiColombo, which is on its way to Mercury, will fly past Venus on October 15, 2020 - one of the deceleration maneuvers to bring the probe into orbit in front of Mercury. BepiColomb ... more 
Looking for pieces of Venus on the surface of the MoonNew Haven CT (SPX) Oct 08, 2020 A growing body of research suggests the planet Venus may have had an Earth-like environment billions of years ago, with water and a thin atmosphere. Yet testing such theories is difficult with ... more 
Russia may send mission to Venus to study biomarkers in atmosphere in 2027Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 05, 2020 Russia may send an urgent space mission to Venus in 2027 to study possible signs of life in the planet's atmosphere, a spokesperson for the Russian aerospace company NPO Lavochkin said. Russia ... more |
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Phosphine on Venus a step toward understanding biomarker molecules Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 16, 2020 An international team of astronomers detected phosphine (PH3) in the atmosphere of Venus. They studied the origin of phosphine, but no inorganic processes, including supply from volcanos and atmosph ... more 
Hints of life on VenusCardiff UK (SPX) Sep 15, 2020 An international team of astronomers, led by Professor Jane Greaves of Cardiff University, have announced the discovery of a rare molecule - phosphine - in the clouds of Venus. On Earth, this gas is ... more
Possible marker of life spotted on VenusWashington DC (SPX) Sep 15, 2020 "When we got the first hints of phosphine in Venus's spectrum, it was a shock!", says team leader Jane Greaves of Cardiff University in the UK, who first spotted signs of phosphine in observations f ... more 
Astronomers may have found a signature of life on VenusBoston MA (SPX) Sep 15, 2020 The search for life beyond Earth has largely revolved around our rocky red neighbor. NASA has launched multiple rovers over the years, with a new one currently en route, to sift through Mars' dusty ... more 
Akatsuki reveals giant cloud disruption unnoticed for 35 years on VenusTokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 07, 2020 In the cloudy heavens of Venus, an enormous atmospheric disruption, not yet seen elsewhere in the solar system, has been rapidly propagating at around 50 kilometers above the hidden surface, keeping ... more |
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The Venus 'ring of fire'
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 23, 2020 Years ago, planetary researchers discovered unusual circular structures on the surface of Venus when observing high-resolution images from NASA's Magellan mission. Such structures are known as coronae (from the Latin meaning "crowns"; singular: corona). A few years ago, a team of ETH researchers led by Taras Gerya, Professor of Geophysics at the Department of Earth Sciences, used computer models to investigate how these structures may have formed. Most researchers assume that these odd circu ... read more 
Scientists find 'ring of fire' on surface of VenusWashington DC (UPI) Jul 21, 2020 Scientists have discovered a "ring of fire" on the surface of Venus - a belt of active mantle plumes. ... more |
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Scientists discover volcanoes on Venus are still activeCollege Park MD (SPX) Jul 21, 2020 A new study identified 37 recently active volcanic structures on Venus. The study provides some of the best evidence yet that Venus is still a geologically active planet. A research paper on the wor ... more 
Exploring the Deep Truths of VenusPasadena CA (JPL) Jul 09, 2020 Imagine Earth. Now fill the skies with thick, Sun-obscuring clouds of sulfuric acid; boil off the oceans by cranking up the temperature to 900 degrees Fahrenheit (nearly 500 degrees Celsius), and bo ... more 
NASA's Venus Rover Challenge winners announcedPasadena CA (JPL) Jul 07, 2020 How do you design a vehicle that can withstand the furnace-like heat and crushing pressures of Venus? One idea being explored by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California is a wind-pow ... more 
Return to Venus on Indian Space MissionKiruna, Sweden (SPX) Jul 02, 2020 For the second time the Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) will explore Venus. On board the Indian Venus mission Shukrayaan-1, IRF's satellite instrument Venusian Neutrals Analyzer (VNA) will ... more 
Atmospheric tidal waves maintain Venus' super-rotationSapporo, Japan (SPX) Apr 24, 2020 Images from the Akatsuki spacecraft unveil what keeps Venus's atmosphere rotating much faster than the planet itself. An international research team led by Takeshi Horinouchi of Hokkaido Unive ... more |
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