Venus Express

Mysteries of Venus revealed at wavelengths invisible to human eyes

harminka — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:12:06 -0600

New images taken by instruments on board ESA's Venus Express provide a unique insight into the windy atmosphere of our neighbouring planet and reveal that global patterns at the Venus cloud tops are the result of variable temperatures and cloud heights.

Key molecule discovered in Venus's atmosphere

harminka — Fri, 16 May 2008 07:26:44 -0500

Venus Express has detected the molecule hydroxyl on another planet for the first time. This detection gives scientists an important new tool to unlock the workings of Venus’s dense atmosphere.

The light and dark of Venus

harminka — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:22:31 -0600

Venus Express has revealed a planet of extraordinarily changeable and extremely large-scale weather. Bright hazes appear in a matter of days, reaching from the south pole to the low southern latitudes and disappearing just as quickly. Such ‘global weather’, unlike anything on Earth, has given scientists a new mystery to solve.

Venus Express' infrared camera goes filming

harminka — Mon, 07 May 2007 23:59:05 -0500

An exciting new series of videos from ESA's Venus Express has been capturing atmospheric details of day and night areas simultaneously, at different altitudes.

One year at Venus, and going strong

harminka — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:44:01 -0500

One year has passed since 11 April 2006, when Venus Express, Europe's first mission to Venus and the only spacecraft now in orbit around the planet, reached its destination. Since then, this advanced probe, born to explore one of the most mysterious planetary bodies in the Solar System, has been revealing planetary details never caught before.

Venus Express sees right down to the hell-hot surface

harminka — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:35:54 -0600