Will The Real Planet Venus Please Stand Up?

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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[iMMersE]

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 ...

.iMMersE

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[Bojay Iverson]

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