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Venus is slowly losing its atmosphere
19 February 2015
New research shows how the Sun and the atmosphere of Venus interact, making the planet lose 300kg of atmospheric gas every day. The research, published in the journal Planetary and Space Science, comes from two teams led by scientists at UCL's Mullard Space Science Laboratory.
Photo: Venus' atmosphere, as observed by Pioneer 12. Credit: NASA
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