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Why Do So Many Astronomy Discoveries Fail To Live up To the Hype?

Dan Falk 22/01/2021

Scientists and journalists are hesitant to place the blame...

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Arecibo and the Global Divide Around Funding Science Infrastructure

Raquel Velho 13/12/2020

It is time to begin discussions beyond the scientific...

The planet Venus is seen in this photograph taken by the Galileo spacecraft’s Solid State Imaging System

Navigating the Possibility of Life on Venus

Prakash Chandra 18/09/2020

In the mid-1980s, the Soviet Vega probes had spotted...

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Finding Phosphine on Venus – and the Prospect of Alien Life

Laura McKemmish, Brendan Paul Burns and Lucyna Kedziora-Chudczer 18/09/2020

The discovery that the atmosphere of Venus absorbs a...

The planet Venus is seen in this photograph taken by the Galileo spacecraft’s Solid State Imaging System

Apparent Sign of Life in Venus’s Clouds Triggers Wary Interest in New Mystery

Will Dunham 14/09/2020

Telescopes in Hawaii and Chile detected an abnormal amount...