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Researchers Think They Know Why Venus Doesn’t Have as Many Volcanoes as Earth

31 May , 2017 by Matt Williams

A new study by researchers from St. Andrews University and the University of Strasbourg has shed light on why Venus has so few volcanoes compared to Earth.

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Was This Ridge Habitable? Mars Curiosity Eyes Nearby Mountain

16 Oct , 2013 by Elizabeth Howell

So Curiosity has been on Mars for an Earth year and is now, slowly, making its way over to that ginormous mountain — Mount Sharp, or Aeolis Mons — in the distance. The trek is expected to take at least until mid-2014, if not longer, because the rover will make pit stops at interesting science […]

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