Tag: cloud chemistry
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Revisiting Pioneer Venus: New Insights Suggest Venus’s Clouds Are Mostly Water
Intro: A Fresh Look at Old Data In the genre of scientific sleuthing, old datasets often become the most unexpected plot twists. A new study reexamines decades-old data from NASA’s Pioneer Venus mission and argues that the clouds of Venus are largely composed of water, bound up in hydrated minerals rather than existing as free…
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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…