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    ESA > Our Activities > Space Science > Venus Express

    Latest Venus Express results - media pages

    28 November 2007

    Venus Express has been making the most detailed study of the planet’s thick and complex atmosphere to date. The latest findings highlight the features that make Venus unique in the Solar System and provide fresh clues as to how the planet is - despite everything - a more Earth-like planetary neighbour than one could have imagined.

    Background material

    Venus Express factsheet

    Venus Express Brochure pdf file

    Additional images to accompany each article

    1. Earth's twin planet?

    2. The unexpected temperature profile of Venus’s atmosphere

    3. The restless atmosphere

    • page one

    • page two

    • page three

    4. Caught in the wind from the sun

    5. Climate and evolution


    Presentations by theme

    Caution: large files

    1. Introduction

    2. What we knew before

    3. Temperatures

    4. Dynamic Atmosphere

    5. Atmosphere and solar wind

    6. Climate and evolution

    7. Conclusion

    Back to latest Venus Express results

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      • Venus: Earth’s twin planet?
        • The unexpected temperature profile of Venus’s atmosphere
          • The restless atmosphere of Venus
            • Caught in the wind from the Sun
              • Climate and Evolution
              • For the media
              • Venus Express Press Kit
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                • Latest Venus Express results - media pages
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                  • Venus: Earth's twin planet?
                    • Temperatures
                      • The restless atmosphere - page one
                        • The restless atmosphere - page two
                          • The restless atmosphere - page three
                            • Atmosphere and solar wind
                              • Climate and evolution

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