Venus News - Space Science News RSS FeedsSpace Science :: VenusVenus News Stories, Current Venus News Events, Discoveries and Articleshttp://www.brightsurf.com/rss.news.xml?search=Venus Venus News Stories Current Venus News Events, Discoveries and Articles First solid evidence for a rocky exoplanet The longest set of HARPS measurements ever made has firmly established the nature of the smallest and fastest-orbiting exoplanet known, CoRoT-7b, revealing its mass as five times that of Earth's. (2009-09-16) For carnivorous plants, slow but steady wins the race Like the man-eating plant in Little Shop of Horrors, carnivorous plants rely on animal prey for sustenance. Fortunately for humans, carnivorous plants found in nature are not dependent on a diet of human blood but rather are satisfied with the occasional fly or other insect. (2009-09-15) University of Hawai'i at Manoa team unravels the chemistry of Titan's hazy atmosphere A team of University of Hawai'i at Mānoa researchers led by Ralf Kaiser, physical chemist at UH Mānoa, unraveled the chemical evolution of the orange-brownish colored atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan, the only solar system body besides Venus and Earth with a solid surface and thick atmosphere. (2009-09-15) Unveiling the true face of a gigantic star An international team of astronomers, led by Keiichi Ohnaka at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) in Bonn, has made the most high resolution images of a dying giant star to date. (2009-08-07) New map hints at Venus's wet, volcanic past Venus Express has charted the first map of Venus's southern hemisphere at infrared wavelengths. The new map hints that our neighbouring world may once have been more Earth-like, with both, a plate tectonics system and an ocean of water. (2009-07-14) Galileo's notebooks may reveal secrets of new planet Galileo knew he had discovered a new planet in 1613, 234 years before its official discovery date, according to a new theory by a University of Melbourne physicist. (2009-07-09) Magnetic Tornadoes Could Liberate Mercury's Tenuous Atmosphere As the closest planet to the sun, Mercury is scorching hot, with daytime temperatures of more than 800 degrees Fahrenheit (approximately 450 degrees Celsius). (2009-06-03) When texting, eligible women express themselves better The book Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus and its gender stereotypes on how the sexes communicate remains fodder for debate, but two Indiana University researchers have confirmed one thing: When men and women talk through technology, it's the women who are more expressive. (2009-02-11) Caltech scientists lead deep-sea discovery voyage Scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and an international team of collaborators have returned from a month-long deep-sea voyage to a marine reserve near Tasmania, Australia, that not only netted coral-reef samples likely to provide insight into the impact of climate change on the world's oceans, but also brought to light at least three never-before-seen species of sea life. (2009-02-05) Looking through Galileo's eyes In 1609, exactly four centuries ago, Galileo revolutionised humankind's understanding of our position in the Universe when he used a telescope for the first time to study the heavens, which saw him sketching radical new views of the moon and discovering the satellites orbiting Jupiter. (2009-01-08) |
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