planetary science
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NASA’s DAVINCI Mission Will Plunge Through the Hellish Atmosphere of Venus
NASA’s DAVINCI mission to Venus is scheduled for launch in 2029. A new paper details this upcoming journey, a daring mission that could shed new light on the scorching hot planet’s mysterious, and potentially habitable, past.
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Plants Can Grow in Lunar Soil — but They Hate It
For the first time ever, scientists have grown plants in lunar soil returned from the Apollo missions. But given the degree of stress seen in these plants, it’s unlikely we’ll be farming on the Moon anytime soon.
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China Hopes to Redirect a Nearby Asteroid Within the Next Four Years
The global effort to protect Earth from dangerous asteroids is set to become stronger, as China has announced its intentions to test an asteroid redirect system as early as 2025.
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See the ‘Brain Terrain’ of Mars in New Satellite Images
Recent images captured by the European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter reveal large craters in Utopia, the largest known impact basin in the Solar System.