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New Results From Venus Express

Posted by kdawson on from the evil-twin dept.

Riding with Robots writes "For the past two years, Europe's Venus Express orbiter has been studying Earth's planetary neighbor up close. Today, mission scientists have released a new collection of findings and amazing images. They include evidence of lightning and other results that flesh out a portrait of a planet that is in many ways like ours, and in other ways hellishly different, such as surface temperatures over 400C and air pressure a hundred times that on Earth. The article lists seven papers that will be published today in Nature."

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  1. So women really do come from venus? by ByOhTek · · Score: 4, Funny

    They include evidence of lightning and other results that flesh out a portrait of a planet that is in many ways like ours, and in other ways hellishly different, such as surface temperatures over 400C and air pressure a hundred times that on Earth.


    <SARCASM>
    Ahh, dense and full of hot air. Definetly proof that women come from there!
    </SARCASM>
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  2. And in other news... by downix · · Score: 4, Funny

    The next headline from a Venusian lander will be "Lander finds newspaper with headline 'President claims Global Warming a myth'".

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  3. solar flairs? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sun: We need to talk about your flair.
    Venus: Really? I have 15 pieces on. I also...
    Sun: Well, 15 is the minimum, okay?
    Venus: Oh, okay.
    Sun: Now, you know, it's up to you whether or not you wanna just do the bare minimum or...well, like Earth for example, has 37 pieces of flair on today. And a terrific smile.