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Light Shone on Venus' Polar Atmosphere


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Venus Express' swansong experiment sheds light on Venus' polar atmosphere

19 April 2016

Some of the final results sent back by ESA's Venus Express before it plummeted down through the planet's atmosphere have revealed it to be rippling with atmospheric waves - and, at an average temperature of -157oC, colder than anywhere on Earth.

As well as telling us much about Venus' previously-unexplored polar regions and improving our knowledge of our planetary neighbour, the experiment holds great promise for ESA's ExoMars mission, which is currently winging its way to the Red Planet. The findings were published in the journal Nature Physics on 11 April 2016.

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