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When most of us think about the weather on other planets, we imagine extreme conditions—boiling acid rain, methane snow, or violent winds sweeping across barren landscapes. Yet, recent space missions and planetary research have uncovered a…

The recent fall to Earth of a failed Soviet Venus probe from the 1970s has become a detective story of sorts.

Different computer models were used to predict the reentry. But why were they divergent, and how can we improve our ability to nail down…

Earth’s first continents were supposed to be forever. Their deep roots, more than 120 miles thick, once looked too cold and too strong for the mantle to pry loose.

Now a modeling study led by Professor Shaofeng Liu at the China University of…