Scientists say that just days after they discovered the presence of phosphine in the clouds of Venus, the head of Russia’s space agency declared “Earth’s evil twins” “Russian planets”.
Dmitry Rogozin, director general of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, said the Sun’s second planet is a “Russian planet” since the former Soviet Union began investigating Venus decades ago.
“Our country [the Soviet Union] He was the first and only person to land successfully on Venus, “Rogozin told the Times. “The spacecraft collected information about the planet – it’s like hell there.”
This May 2016 photo, provided by researcher Jane Greaves from the Akatsuki probe by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, shows Venus. A report published on Monday, September 14, 2020 states that astronomers have found a high probability of life in the atmosphere of our nearest neighboring planet. (AP by J. Greaves / Cardiff University / JXA)
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He added, “We believe that Venus is a Russian planet.”
The Soviet-era Venera program was created to learn more about the planet Venus, which some researchers believe is worth living in its distant past. The Venera program, which ran from 1961 to 1984, saw a number of achievements, including a soft landing on the planet on December 15, 1970 (Venera 7), the first of its kind.
Rogzin’s comments come just days after NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstein said the planet is “a stop in our quest for life.”
“Today we are making an amazing discovery that could tell us more about the possibility of life from Earth,” Bridensta said in a statement issued last week.
Venus has been called the “evil twin” of Earth.
(NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center)
Last week, new research by an international team of astronomers led to the discovery of a rare molecule, phosphine, in the clouds of Venus. Scientists have noted that, on Earth, gases are only produced by industrial or microbes that thrive in an oxygen-free atmosphere.
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The research, led by Professor Jane Greaves of Cardiff University in the UK, was announced by the Royal Astronomical Society and published in the journal Nature Astronomy.
In addition, Brydenstein said the space agency is considering two of the four Discovery missions suggesting a proposed mission to Venus that will be selected next year.
“One is focused on understanding its atmosphere and the other on understanding the geographical history of Venus,” Bridensta added.
According to Bridenstein, NASA is also partnering with Europe on another proposed Venus mission called Envision.
Fox News has reached out to Roscosmos and NASA with a request for comment.
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Venus, called the “evil twins of the Earth”, has an extremely harsh atmosphere, with a surface temperature of 864 degrees Fahrenheit. It’s too hot to support life, but NASA recently said it intends to explore the planet. In July, researchers revealed that Venus has about 40 active volcanoes on its surface.
Separately in July, many researchers argued that moving to another planet in the solar system could have benefits for human defense towards Mars.
In late 2019, NASA said it was working on a sting-like spacecraft to explore the planet, which has more volcanoes than any other celestial body in the solar system.
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The story is contributed by James Rogers of Fox News.
