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Radio signal from Venus

May 7 , 2021 1174 days 836 0
  • The NASA Spacecraft Parker Solar Probe has discovered a natural radio signal from Venus.
  • These signals were detected when the space probe flew over the upper atmosphere of Venus.
  • The Parker Solar probe has measured the Venusian atmosphere.
  • According to the findings of Parker Solar Probe, just like the earth, planet Venus also has an electrically charged layer of gas in its upper atmosphere called the ionosphere.
  • The radio signal was picked up by the probe from a sea of charged particles in this layer.
  • Also, the space probe has confirmed that the upper Venus atmosphere undergoes changes over a solar cycle.

Solar Cycle

  • The sun is a huge ball of electrically charged hot gas.
  • This gas moves generating powerful magnetic field.
  • The magnetic field of the sun undergoes changes every eleven years.
  • This is called solar cycle.

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