Explore Venus
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Venus is the second planet from the Sun, and is Earth's neighbor in the solar system. Venus ...
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The atmosphere of Venus is very hot and thick. If you were on the surface of the planet, the ...
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Would you expect to find ice caps and snow fields on Venus? Not likely! Venus is the hottest ...
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All of the relevant information about Venus collected on one page, including details about size, orbit ...
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There are several interesting myths associated with the planet Venus. While Venus was the goddess ...
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A table containing information about the spacecraft that have visited Venus ...
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Access wonderful captioned photos and illustrations that will inspire and excite you. ...
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These are links to other great web sites about Venus. But beware: you don't want to get caught ...
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Did you know?
Do you know what
Pluto,
Ceres,
Haumea,
Makemake, and
Eris have in
common?
Did you know that, in Egyptian mythology, the sky goddess Nut married the Earth god Geb, and that the Sun god Re was angry, and so forced them to separate?
Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
Do you know what this word or phrase means?
ChinookxChinook : A dry down-slope wind which occurs on the downwind side of a mountain range. It is a rain shadow wind which results from the subsequent (adiabatic) warming of air which has dropped most of its moisture on windward slopes.
Click on the word to find out!
Research Highlights
Current observational tools cannot account for roughly half of the heat that is believed to have built up on Earth in recent years, according to a "Perspectives" article in this week's issue of the journal...
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