Astronomers have discovered a new feature of Venus’s cloudy atmosphere unlike anything on Earth. They have noticed bright hazes mysteriously appearing and then disappearing in a matter of days. The European Space Agency’s Venus Monitoring Camera has captured a series of images that demonstrate the haze moving toward the equilateral latitudes from the South Pole and then back down. Markings indicate where ultraviolet radiation is being absorbed and reflected by sulfuric acid particles. The UV radiation breaks up the molecules, making them react. Dmitri Titov of the Max Planck Institute for solar system research says that “the process is a bit similar to what happens with urban smog over cities.”
I don’t know about the rest of you, but I think learning new things about space is one of the coolest things, especially when it’s a planet in our own solar system. I included a link to a site with some really great photographs of space stuff at the bottom. They’re all really beautiful and it is just incredible to think that things like this exist in our universe. It can really make you feel small. As for the new discovery about Venus, it makes me wonder if this new information can be used to our advantage at all. Maybe it can help us come up with a way to clear out pollution, or a way to block UV rays.
Cool Pictures (This is also where I read about this):
http://news.aol.com/story/_a/mysterious-haze-discovered-on-venus/2008022...
i love space and i love science. space has many mysteries to it. did you know there is another solar system were there is a sun like ares and a planet like ares.