Will The Real Planet Venus Please Stand Up?

Posted by timothy on Tuesday January 23, 2001 @12:32PM from the playing-hard-to-read dept.

Max Entropy writes: "This article in The New York Times (free reg. req'd) discusses new research into the atmosphere of the planet Venus. First scientists believed it was electromagnetically active--lightning storms, etc.--and now they're not so sure. Also, the scientists at SRI International have discovered a green glow on the nighttime side of the planet that is attributable to the presence of a concentration of excited oxygen atoms, whereas Russian spacecraft detected no such atoms 25 years ago. The sun is theorized as a possible culprit-- its high point in its 11-year cycle might be responsible for charging the atoms and making them glow green."

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Re:For those that don't know by iMMersE · 2001-01-23 23:21 · Score: 1

Works for me, and I've certainly never registered with 'em. Funny though, since I couldn't get to another partners.nytimes.com article a couple of days ago ...

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Re:For those that don't know by Bojay+Iverson · 2001-01-23 16:32 · Score: 1

That doesn't work. Have you registered with them before? If so, you might have a permanent cookie set to let you in.

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For those that don't know by The+Unconquered+One · 2001-01-23 07:40 · Score: 2

Read the article without registering by clicking

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