Waspie_Dwarf Posted February 21, 2014 #1 Share Posted February 21, 2014 NASA Researcher Finds Planet-Sized Space Weather Explosions at Venus Researchers recently discovered that a common space weather phenomenon on the outskirts of Earth’s magnetic bubble, the magnetosphere, has much larger repercussions for Venus. The giant explosions, called hot flow anomalies, can be so large at Venus that they’re bigger than the entire planet and they can happen multiple times a day."Not only are they gigantic," said Glyn Collinson, a space scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. "But as Venus doesn’t have a magnetic field to protect itself, the hot flow anomalies happen right on top of the planet. They could swallow the planet whole." Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundew Posted February 21, 2014 #2 Share Posted February 21, 2014 NASA Researcher Finds Planet-Sized Space Weather Explosions at Venus Perhaps this, along with the thick greenhouse atmosphere and proximity to the sun is yet another reason Venus has such a scalding surface temperature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted February 21, 2014 Author #3 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Perhaps this, along with the thick greenhouse atmosphere and proximity to the sun is yet another reason Venus has such a scalding surface temperature. The greenhouse effect pretty much explains the surface temperature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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