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Venus revealed

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The Magellan spacecraft's first year of mapping the planet Venus has resulted in an important but sometimes unclear array of landscapes. The mapping has revealed impact craters distorted by the atmosphere, volcanoes, fractures, and a 6,800 kilometer-long lava channel.

Author: Powell, Cory S.
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1992
Observations, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Magellan (Space probe), Venus probes

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Global climate change on Venus

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The Magellan aircraft's mapping of the surface of the planet Venus from 1990 to 1994, together with detailed computer simulations, allowed scientists to reconstruct its climate history. Intense volcanism caused dramatic climatic changes in Venus.

Author: Bullock, Mark A., Grinspoon, David H.
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1999
Environmental aspects, Natural history, Climatic changes, Climate change, Volcanism

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Global climatic change on Mars

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Life may have existed in Mars million of years ago when the planet was not yet in its frozen state. Such hypotheses are backed up by recent researches. Several such hypotheses are presented.

Author: Kargel, Jeffrey S., Strom, Robert G.
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1996
Mars (Planet)

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Subjects list: Research, Venus (Planet)
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