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Solar System
Venus
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| Meeting Venus |
| Topic: Venus |
03/06/06 |
David Grinspoon, astrobiology curator at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science and author of the book, "Venus Revealed," recently attended the 2006 Chapman conference, "Exploring Venus as a Terrestrial Planet." In this essay, he provides an overview of the conference, examines Venus controversies, and explains how we could learn about the possibility of life elsewhere by studying "Earth’s Evil Twin."
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| Morning Star, Ripped from the Headlines |
| Topic: Venus |
07/21/04 |
| The biggest event on the internet for June 2004 was not a sports or political event. The big story was a specialized eclipse that did not even dim the afternoon brightness here on Earth. What was the big deal about Venus? |
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| Planetary Primer: Mars and Venus |
| Topic: Venus |
09/16/03 |
| The terrestrial neighborhood is rich with both extremes of hot and cold, depending on whether one looks to Venus or Mars. Whether Venus has too much atmosphere or whether Mars has too little determines whether they rank as hospitable or hostile. |
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| Venusian Cloud Colonies |
| Topic: Venus |
11/13/02 |
| Thick Venusian clouds mask a dense greenhouse atmosphere that is inhospitably hot. But 30 miles up from the surface, conditions suggest a more temperate zone. Some scientists wonder what strange equilibrium sustains a reactive gas mixture that shouldn't co-exist there: exotic biology or not? |
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