NASA Captures Haunting Sounds From Venus Published May 4th, 2021 - 12:52 GMT
planet Venus in front of a colorful star field (Shutterstock)
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The new study found that Venus upper atmosphere undergoes puzzling changes over a solar cycle - that is the Sun s 11-year activity cycle.
NASA has captured haunting sounds coming from the upper atmosphere of Venus during a close flyby of the Parker Solar Probe launched to study the sun.
The natural radio signal is helping scientists study the atmosphere of Earth s less hospitable twin, according to the NASA team responsible for the probe.
The space agency captured the sounds while the Parker probe was making its closest-ever flyby of the planet, travelling at just 517 miles above the surface.
NASA s Parker Solar Probe uncovers new data on Venus atmosphere
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May 3 (UPI) A radio signal detected NASA s Parker Solar Probe flew through Venus upper atmosphere, uncovering the first new data in nearly 30 years, a study showed Monday.
The study, published Monday in Geophysical Research Letters, was based on NASA s Parker Solar Probe s third Venus flyby on July 11, 2020.
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During the third flyby, the probe detected a natural, low-frequency radio signal, showing the spacecraft had flown through Venus electrically charged upper atmosphere, called the ionosphere, and helping scientists with the first direct measurement of its atmosphere in nearly 30 years, SciTechDaily reported.