Explore Venus
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?
Did you know that
greenhouse
gases are increasing rapidly in the Earth's atmosphere?
Did you know that the Maya believed that the Earth was flat, and that there was a jaguar called a bacab in each corner that supported the sky?
Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
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Research Highlights
Tiny variations in the isotopic composition of silver in meteorites and Earth rocks are helping scientists put together a timetable of how our planet was assembled, beginning 4.568 billion years ago. Results...
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