Venus is a thoroughly unpleasant place thanks to its hellish temperatures and acidic clouds, but a new study adds another wrinkle to our strange sister planet: Venus’s day varies by Keep reading
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Venusian Waves
Despite its proximity, Venus remains largely mysterious, thanks to its cloudy atmosphere and incredible harsh conditions. A recent study using data from the Japanese satellite Akatsuki revealed an enormous bow-shaped wave Keep reading
Going Supercritical
Supercritical fluids exist at temperatures and pressures above the critical point, in a region of the phase diagram where there is no clear boundary between the liquid and gaseous state. Keep reading