Venus Express explorer ship enters Venus's orbit

Venus Express ( Photo: Nasa )

After 5 months of launch, expected yesterday morning (April 11), Europe's first Venus probe called Venus Express will enter the orbit of this star, starting an expedition that has been put on many periods. hope.

Venus Express will study the star's hot and dusty atmosphere from which to find clues to a global warming situation - which could also help shed light on changes on the planet.

' We know well that emissions that affect the greenhouse effect on Earth are a topic of great interest. Through studying Venus, we can better understand the activity of our Earth's atmosphere , 'said Hakan Svedhem of the European Space Agency (ESA).

Scientists hope this mission will help solve the mystery of the dust screen, the motion of Venus's atmosphere and why its temperature is still so hot as scorching.

Venus and Earth are quite similar in shape and weight, and also include many of the same materials, but evolved differently to hundreds of millions of years.

Venus is covered with a thick layer of cloud all year round, while the atmosphere is dense with CO2 and sulfuric acid. These thick clouds have kept the heat from the sun and could be from volcanic activity, resulting in its surface temperature always at 870 degrees Fahrenheit or 466 degrees Celsius, with hundreds of times more pressure. times compared to the surface of the Earth.

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