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?
Did you know that the
Maya and the
Aztecs were early observers of
Venus?
Did you know that Colonial Americans used large sheets of mica as glass for windows?
Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
Do you know what this word or phrase means?
AaxAa : Hawaiian name for a type of lava flow with a surface that is broken into rough angular fragments which develop during cooling and loss of gas from pahoehoe flows.
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Research Highlights
Researchers working in South Africa have discovered two remarkably well-preserved fossil skeletons of an ancient human ancestor dating to almost two million years ago. The discovery is described in two...
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