Venus comes to life in the ultraviolet and the infrared
Wednesday, December 3, 2008 - 13:14
in Astronomy & Space
A pale dot to the human eye, Venus, Earth's twin planet comes to life in the ultraviolet and the infrared. New data and images from the Venus Express spacecraft reveal a clearer picture of the atmosphere of the planet, showing temperature, conditions, cloud structure and dynamics. The observations by D. Titov of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research and colleagues ('Atmospheric structure and dynamics as the cause of ultraviolet markings in the clouds of Venus'), published in the 4 December 2008 issue of Nature, will enable scientists to better understand the meteorology of Venus and compare it to that of Earth...