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An Ambitious Mission to Venus Is Set to Launch in 2031
The EnVision mission to Venus was officially adopted by the European Space Agency last week, which means the organisation has committed to getting the spacecraft Venus-bound by the early 2030s. EnVision is a planned Venus orbiter designed to study the planet from its upper atmosphere to its core. Venus is in many ways a black…
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500-Year-Old Leonardo Da Vinci Sketches Show Him Grappling With Gravity
A team of engineers studying the 500-year-old, backward writings of Leonardo da Vinci have found evidence that the Italian polymath was working out gravity a century before its foundations were established by Galileo Galilei.
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Rocket Lab Seeks to Answer ‘Are We Alone?’ by Launching First Private Mission to Venus
SpaceX might have its sights set on Mars, but Rocket Lab is seeking to become the first private company to reach Venus and explore its clouds for signs of potential habitability.
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Biosignature Spotted on Venus Could Be From Volcanoes, Not Life
A team of planetary scientists said that if there is phosphine on Venus, it could have geological — not biological — origins. Their findings suggest that phosphine, a chemical often associated with microbes, could come from a reaction in the Venusian sky kicked off by volcanic eruptions on the planet’s surface.