TEHRAN (Press Shia) – Astronomers have detected a rare molecule in the atmosphere of Venus that could be produced by living organisms, according to a new study. - Science news - Two telescopes in Hawaii and Chile spotted in the thick Venusian clouds the chemical signature of phosphine, a noxious gas that on Earth is only associated with life, according to a study in Monday’s journal Nature...
TEHRAN (Press Shia) – The atmosphere of Mars has a distinct green glow, just like Earth's, scientists say. - Science news - The European Space Agency's Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) spotted an emerald glow in Mars' wispy atmosphere, marking the first time the phenomenon has been spotted on a world beyond Earth, a new study reports. "One of the brightest emissions seen on Earth stems from night...
TEHRAN (Press Shia) – A Venusian day, which is one full rotation of the planet, takes 243 Earth days, but researchers found out that its atmosphere rotates 60 times faster. - Science news - New research led by the Takeshi Horinouchi of Hokkaido University has revealed that the super-rotation of Venus' atmosphere is maintained near the equator by atmospheric tidal waves that have formed due...
TEHRAN (Press Shia Agency) – When NASA's Galileo mission visited Jupiter in the 1990s and began its descent, the spacecraft's data was expected to solve a puzzle for scientists. They wanted to know how much water was present in Jupiter's atmosphere. - Science news - But just as things were getting good, the probe stopped transmitting 57 minutes and 75 miles into its descent, crushed by the...