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The EnVision mission to Venus will explore why Earth’s closest neighbor is so different. Credit: NASA / JAXA / ISAS / DARTS / Damia Bouic / VR2PlanetsESA’s EnVision mission to Venus, set for a 2031 launch, aims to explore the planet’s geology, climate, and internal structure. This comprehensive study seeks to answer key questions about Venus’s evolution and current state.ESA’s next mission to Venus was officially ‘adopted’ on January 25 by the Agency’s Science Programme Committee. EnVision will study Venus from its inner…

The EnVision mission to Venus was officially adopted by the European Space Agency on Thursday, which means the organization has committed to getting the spacecraft Venus-bound by the early 2030s.NASA Delays Return to Earth's Evil Twin, VenusEnVision is a planned Venus orbiter designed to study the planet from its upper atmosphere to its core. Venus is in many ways a black (or mustard-colored) box for planetary evolution; thought to have formed in similar circumstances to Earth, the world is now hot, seasonless, and…

Hyundai Motor committed to achieving carbon neutrality by 2045 and continues to make efforts to reduce carbon in all areas of the value chain.Hyundai Motor Company is showcasing future technologies from across Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) at CES 2024 in Las Vegas from January 9–12. Under the theme ‘Ease every way,’ the company presents a redefinition of its role in creating a more comfortable everyday life, focusing beyond mobility to innovate a human-centered life…

While air is a gaseous delight unique to Earth, a team of astrophysicists have made a satisfying discovery: the direct observation of atomic oxygen on Venus’ dayside, confirming that the element crucial for our existence exists on both sides of the hellish planet.NASA Delays Return to Earth's Evil Twin, VenusAbout 96% of the atmosphere on the second planet from the Sun is made up of carbon dioxide, a smidge of other gasses including nitrogen, and practically no oxygen. But there is some oxygen, and some of the element was…

By the 2030s, if NASA’s and other space agencies’ plans come to fruition, astronauts and the occasional tourist group will frequently visit the moon. Not long after that, they’ll be able to live for extended periods on lunar outposts, much like astronauts do in space stations today. By the 2040s or 2050s, travelers to Mars could become common too.But what will life actually look like for these intrepid space explorers? (Or foolish guinea pigs, depending on your perspective.) Kelly and Zach Weinersmith envision the future…

From algorithmic stablecoins to the Sam Bankman-Fried scandal, 2022 was a rough year for crypto. However, the crypto winter showed us some flaws in several Web3 projects and we’re better for it. Shiba Inu (SHIB) did well during the last bullish market. It also had enough steam to make it through 2022 when other coins didn’t. Will it excite investors like it has done in the past or is it on the path to obscurity? That is a big question because many people are trying to decide where to put their money. While there are…

Image via BBC Doctor Who is experiencing another major resurgence on BBC thanks to the return of Russell T. Davies and David Tennant as showrunner and lead actor, but already, there are whispers of the titular character dying his last death somewhere down the line. In other news, Shazam! Fury of the Gods star Zachary Levi has once again taken another jab at Dwayne Johnson for his efforts to sabotage the sequel, while an Obi-Wan Kenobi actor expresses why joining the galaxy far, far away was a dream come true for…

A new analysis of 30-year-old images taken by the Magellan spacecraft suggests that a volcanic eruption happened on the planet between 1990 and 1992. In other words, Venus is a living planet.The discovery—published today in Science—seems to resolve a longstanding question about the scorching hot, craggy world: whether volcanoes are still active on the Venusian surface. If volcanic activity is responsible for the surface change seen in the images, Venus will be the third body in the solar system to host active magma…

<!----> New battery plant will supply BMW Spartanburg Envision AESC, the Japanese EV battery maker owned by China’s Envision Group, said it planned to build a plant in Florence, South Carolina, to supply batteries to BMW’s plant in near by Spartanburg. Envision said it would spend…

Electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturer Envision AESC, part of China’s Envision announced the signing of a long term agreement to supply battery cells for BMW EVs. Japan based Envision said it had agreed to build a factory with annual capacity of 30GWh of batteries dedicated solely to supplying BMW US vehicle assembly operations in South Carolina. The company said it had yet to decide on a site near the automaker’s…