http://www.venustoday.com/ Venus Today en-us Sun, 5 Feb 2012 20:29:00 PST kcowing@spaceref.com mkboucher@spaceref.com Copyright 2006, SpaceRef Interactive Inc. http://images.spaceref.com/venustoday.jpg http://www.venustoday.com/ 112 19 Venus Today - a service of SpaceRef http://www.venustoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=34805 At first glance, a weather forecaster for Venus would have either a really easy or a really boring job, depending on your point of view. Thu, 29 Sep 2011 2:13:49 http://www.venustoday.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=38422 NASA Solicitation: Venus High Temperature Seismometer Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:52:54 http://www.venustoday.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=38216 Desert planets strikingly like the world depicted in the science fiction classic "Dune" might be the more common type of habitable planet in the galaxy - findings also hint that Venus might have been a habitable desert world as recently as 1 billion years ago. Thu, 1 Sep 2011 15:41:27 http://www.venustoday.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=37830 Venus Exploration Analysis Group (VEXAG) Meeting Mon, 25 Jul 2011 1:44:58 http://www.venustoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=33229 New analysis of images taken by ESA's Venus Express orbiter has revealed surprising details about the remarkable, shape-shifting collar of clouds that swirls around the planet's South Pole. Fri, 8 Apr 2011 19:39:58 http://www.venustoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=32169 A mysterious high-altitude layer of sulphur dioxide discovered by ESA's Venus Express has been explained. Wed, 1 Dec 2010 16:45:17 http://www.venustoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=31795 The polar atmosphere of Venus is thinner than expected. How do we know? Because ESA's Venus Express has actually been there. Instead of looking from orbit, Venus Express has flown through the upper reaches of the planet's poisonous atmosphere. Thu, 7 Oct 2010 14:06:42 http://www.venustoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=31695 A new animation using data from ESA's Venus Express spacecraft shows that the double eye of the giant vortex at Venus's South pole has disappeared. Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:41:20 http://www.venustoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=31109 ESA's Venus Express is helping planetary scientists investigate whether Venus once had oceans. If it did, it may even have begun its existence as a habitable planet similar to Earth. Thu, 24 Jun 2010 7:00:24 http://www.venustoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=30573 For the first time, scientists have detected clear signs of recent lava flows on the surface of Venus. Thu, 8 Apr 2010 11:44:35 http://www.venustoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=30572 ESA's Venus Express has returned the clearest indication yet that Venus is still geologically active. Relatively young lava flows have been identified by the way they emit infrared radiation. The finding suggests the planet remains capable of volcanic eruptions. Thu, 8 Apr 2010 11:43:35 http://www.venustoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=29919 NASA has awarded the University of Colorado at Boulder $3.3 million for a detailed, one-year concept study for a lander mission to Venus to study the history of its surface, climate and atmosphere and to predict its ultimate fate in the solar system. Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:56:59 http://www.venustoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=29897 The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has been holding the "AKATSUKI Message Campaign" in order to enhance people's interest in Venus and to make people feel familiar with the Venus Climate Orbiter "AKATSUKI". Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:22:13 http://www.venustoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=28728 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. Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:40:38 http://www.venustoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=28711 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. Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:00:44