Venus and Earth provide an astonishingly different view of the evolution of a rocky planet, raising the question of why these two rocky worlds evolved so differently. The recently discovered […]
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Deducing The Composition of Venus Cloud Particles With The Autofluorescence Nephelometer (AFN)
The composition, sizes and shapes of particles in the clouds of Venus have previously been studied with a variety of in situ and remote sensor measurements. A number of major […]
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Rocket Lab’s Private Mission to Venus
Image: Rocket Lab’s Electron-launched private mission to Venus will deploy a small probe from a high-energy Photon. Regular, low-cost Decadal-class science missions to planetary destinations will be enabled by high-ΔV […]
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Venus Life Finder Missions Motivation and Summary
Finding evidence of extraterrestrial life would be one of the most profound scientific discoveries ever made, advancing humanity into a new epoch of cosmic awareness. The Venus Life Finder (VLF) […]
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Mission Architecture to Characterize Habitability of Venus Cloud Layers via an Aerial Platform
Venus is known for its extreme surface temperature and its sulfuric acid clouds. But the cloud layers on Venus have similar temperature and pressure conditions to those on the surface […]
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Aerial Platform Design Options for a Life-Finding Mission at Venus
Mounting evidence of chemical disequilibria in the Venusian atmosphere has heightened interest in the search for life within the planet’s cloud decks. Balloon systems are currently considered to be the […]
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No Signs (Yet) Of Life On Venus
The unusual behaviour of sulphur in Venus’ atmosphere cannot be explained by an ‘aerial’ form of extra-terrestrial life, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Cambridge used […]
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Proposed Energy-metabolisms Cannot Explain The Atmospheric Chemistry Of Venus
Life in the clouds of Venus, if present in sufficiently high abundance, must be affecting the atmospheric chemistry. It has been proposed that abundant Venusian life could obtain energy from […]
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Venus As An Exoplanet: I. An Initial Exploration Of The 3-D Energy Balance For A CO2 Exoplanetary Atmosphere Around An M-Dwarf Star
The chemical evolution of an exoplanetary Venus-like atmosphere is dependent upon the ultraviolet to near ultraviolet (FUV-NUV) radiation ratio from the parent star, the balance between CO2 photolysis and recombination […]
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The Long-term Evolution Of The Atmosphere Of Venus: Processes And Feedback Mechanisms
In this chapter, we focus on the long-term evolution of the atmosphere of Venus, and how it has been affected by interior/exterior cycles. The formation and evolution of Venus’s atmosphere, […]