Scientists will soon be sending a probe to explore Venus, the neighboring planet of Earth, with support from a new privately-financed mission, to see if life is possible there.
Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy used a modified telescope to capture the 300-megapixel image of the Sun that is made up of 150,000 individual photos. He calls it the "Fire and Fusion."
In new research, study authors have shown evidence that far more methane is released by growing trees that grow on floodplains in the Amazon basin than by soil or surface water and this takes place in both dry and wet conditions.
Once the light hits, then, bounces off something, it is the atmosphere that's allowing the "scattering," and the capability of seeing colors in the spectrum seen by the eyes, making the sky blue, and the space black.
NASA's Juno probe has finally got close enough to Jupiter's Giant Red Spot to measure its depth, which measures between 186 to 310 miles (300 to 500 kilometers) deep.
The Great Red Spot in Jupiter, which is massive and slowly spreading across Jupiter, stretches hundreds of miles into the planet's atmosphere, NASA's Juno spacecraft says.
EnVision, the European Space Agency's next Venus orbiter, will provide a comprehensive picture of the planet, from its deep core to its high atmosphere.