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Why Venus rovers find metallic ruins

Recent discoveries by Venus rovers have unveiled metallic structures on the planet’s surface, sparking curiosity and various ...
Although today, there is much greater international cooperation in space exploration, there’s arguably still a legacy of the cold war that points NASA toward Mars and away from Venus.
ISRO chief V Narayanan credited PM Narendra Modi's visionary leadership for the success of the Chandrayaan 3 mission. Modi's ...
The space agency’s budget request for 2024 only earmarked $1.5 million for the Venus exploration, which was seen as a quiet cancellation of the mission.
Forge the technologies Noam Izenberg is a planetary scientist at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory and is chair of VEXAG. VEXAG is championing a Venus Exploration Strategy, Izenberg said.
New motivations David Grinspoon, senior scientist for the Planetary Science Institute, which is headquartered in Tucson, Arizona, has been arguing for decades that Venus needs more exploration.
The bright stars Castor and Pollux will be positioned to the left of the moon in the early morning hours of Aug. 19. Mercury, ...
After the detection of phosphine in Venus’ atmosphere, many in the astronomy community are speculating about whether it’s time to return to the planet to look for signs of life. The future of ...
NASA eyes stunning airship concept to explore Venus NASA is considering an airship-style vehicle concept for Venus exploration. They are eyeing designs that could support a 30-day crewed mission ...
The Exploration of Planet 2 The Venus-as-a-wet-world view is just a hypothesis: Planetary scientists don’t know what caused Venus to differ so much from Earth, nor even if the two planets really ...
Conditions on Venus are pitiless, with a mean surface temperature estimated at 863 degrees Fahrenheit. On Mars, the temperature on the equator at noon can reach a balmy 68 degrees.