Tag: Venus

10 JUL

Wimbledon 2017 LIVE: Andy Murray, Venus Williams, Jo Konta in action on Manic Monday

Andy Murray and Johanna Konta will attempt to give Britain a man and woman in the quarter-finals for the first time since 1973. Murray won a dramatic match against Benoit Paire in Monte Carlo last year that sparked a run that took him to No.1 in the world. Murray said: “He has very good hands, […]

06 JUL

Scientists revisit a strange result from one of the Soviet Venus landers

Enlarge / And you thought that sulfuric acid clouds were weird. (credit: ISAS/JAXA) Venus’ atmosphere is rightfully famous for a combination of being stunningly hot and containing sulfuric acid. Those conditions, not surprisingly, have ensured that every bit of hardware we’ve sent through said atmosphere has had an extremely short lifespan. But at least one […]

30 JUN

Venus Williams is reportedly being sued for killing a man in a car crash

Julian Finney/Getty Images The INSIDER Summary: Venus Williams was involved in a car accident on June 9 that injured the other driver and killed her husband, who was a passenger in the car. Police reportedly found Venus Williams at fault in the accident. The family of the dead man is reportedly now suing Williams for […]

11 APR

On Venus, tectonics without the plates

Enlarge / Maat Mons, one of the volcanoes of Venus, in a model created with radar data from the Magellan mission. (credit: NASA/JPL) As we’ve explored the Solar System, some items we’re familiar with from Earth’s geology have kept appearing in new places. Glaciers, volcanoes, and geysers have all been found on other planets and […]

10 FEB

New NASA tech can survive much longer on the atmospheric hellscape that is Venus

Surviving in Venus-like conditions is near impossible, even for machinery. The surface temperature is about 860 degrees Fahrenheit and the carbon dioxide rich-air has an atmospheric pressure about 90 times that of Earth. Just moving around on Venus would feel as if you were under water and deep underground, if the heat didn’t already obliterate […]

28 JAN

Australian Open 2017: Serena Williams Defeats Big Sister Venus To Win Seventh Title

Serena Williams defeated her older sister Venus in straight sets to capture her seventh Australian Open title and secure an Open-era record 23rd Grand Slam singles that placed her second on the all-time list. Serena, 35, who last won the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup in 2015, triumphed 6-4, 6-4 in what was her second Australian […]