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It was a beautiful summer evening in Western Colorado. The Sun had just set and our bright sister planet was just starting to ...

The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) captured a stunning view of Earth’s western hemisphere, with white clouds and snow, deep blue oceans, and green and brown continents. NASA ...

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have run new calculations, suggesting that Venus' outer crust could be experiencing convection—a process where heated material rises and cooler ...

Venus may be far more geologically alive than anyone expected. New research suggests its outer crust could be churning with ...

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The cosmic sky of April sees your planetary lord Sun getting exalted. It will be good on most counts. However, at the same ...

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