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NASA spacecraft is about to fly through Venus' hellish atmosphere
NASA will launch a mission to fly over Venus and plunge through the planet's harsh atmosphere in 2029.
Atmosphere
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Space science
Mysterious moon has hundreds of times more 'poisonous gas' than Earth: What if it catches on fire?
Unexpectedly, the moon Tithane, Saturn's moon, contains more combustible gases than Earth. However, if they accidentally caught fire, what would be the result?
Space science
Why Neptune and Uranus have different colors?
Neptune and Uranus are so similar that scientists sometimes call these distant planets 'twins'. However, these two ice giants have a big difference in color.
Science story
Where is the boundary between the universe and the sky?
That's where Earth's atmosphere ends and space begins. But where is it?
Space science
James Webb telescope prepares to spy on 2 strange 'super-Earths'
The James Webb Space Telescope will explore new worlds in a level of detail never before seen.
Science Events
Humans are inhaling a whole new class of substances in the air
Danish scientists have identified highly reactive compounds called organic hydrotrioxides, which can have unpredictable effects on humans.
Environment
Sandstorms pose a serious threat to human health
Strong winds carry large amounts of sand and dust into the atmosphere, which can then travel hundreds or even thousands of kilometers.
Space science
Water from Earth's atmosphere may have caused rain on the Moon
Over the past billions of years, Earth may have dumped about 3,500 cubic kilometers of water onto the Moon's poles.
Space science
Photographer who spent 10 years capturing 48 beautiful colors of the Moon
It turns out that the moon is not only gray or dark gray as we often see, instead its color is extremely diverse.
Space science
'Tsunami of light' just peeled Mercury into a strange comet
In parallel with the plasma punch that ignited Earth's northern sky recently, the Sun also blasted its nearest planet - Mercury - with a plasma tsunami.
Space science
The first interstellar object to explode on Earth
A fireball that ignited over Papua New Guinea in 2014 was a fast-flying object from another star system, according to a recent announcement by the US Space Command (USSC…
Space science
The idea of wrapping all of Venus to build a 'city in the clouds'
NASA scientist raised the idea of making hollow bricks suspended at an altitude of 48 km on Venus, forming the foundation to build a city.
Scientific application
China finds a new way to capture carbon
Chemists have developed a microstructure that could potentially improve the chemistry of capturing carbon from the atmosphere.
Conquer Mars
Finding the 'key' for humans to breathe on Mars
Not every new technological device is too sublime, but it is the tiny bacteria.
Space science
Discovered 'green witch' - what makes Earth have life
Earth was once a terrifying ball of fire with a deadly atmosphere full of deadly carbon dioxide.