Tag: aerosols


  • 50-Year-Old Data Reveals Venus’s Clouds Are Mostly Water

    50-Year-Old Data Reveals Venus’s Clouds Are Mostly Water

    New Insights from Old Data Reanalyzing legacy missions with modern science is not just fashionable—it can rewrite long-standing stories about our planetary neighbors. A recent study reexamines data from NASA’s Pioneer Venus mission, released in the 1970s, and challenges the prevailing view that Venus’s clouds are dominated by sulfuric acid. The team finds that water…