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What is the aphrodiocentric theory? It’s something I made up. It comes from aphrodio-, the scientific prefix meaning Venus, and centric, [...]
March 30, 2015
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Today’s post is part of a special series here on Planet Pailly called Sciency Words. Every Friday, we take a look at a new and interesting [...]
March 27, 2015
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Venus wants to kill you. With its sulfuric acid clouds, dangerously high atmospheric pressure, absurdly high surface temperature, et cetera, et [...]
March 26, 2015
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Today’s post is part of a special series here on Planet Pailly called Sciency Words. Every Friday, we take a look at a new and interesting [...]
March 20, 2015
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No place in the Solar System (except Earth) is exactly welcoming to human life, but Venus’s anti-human hostility reaches a whole other level. [...]
March 18, 2015
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If you want to land on Mars, the United States can help. The U.S. has a pretty good track record for successfully landing space probes on Mars. [...]
March 16, 2015
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Venus loves keeping secrets. One of the biggest, most frustrating secrets has to do with the planet’s upper atmosphere. Something is absorbing [...]
March 11, 2015
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Welcome to the first official installment of Molecular Mondays, a new series here on Planet Pailly where we take a closer look at the atoms and [...]
March 9, 2015
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Today’s post is part of a special series here on Planet Pailly called Sciency Words. Every Friday, we take a look at a new and interesting [...]
March 6, 2015
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I’d like to dispel a common misconception about Venus. Women do not come from Venus. Nobody comes from Venus. Aside from Earth, no place in the [...]
March 2, 2015