VOA
Search
Menu
  • Archives
  • Contact
  • Science World
Science World

Tag: “fossil fuels”

Artist impression of ESA's Venus Express conducting special maneuvers to lower its orbit around Venus ((c) ESA–C. Carreau)

Science Scanner: Venus Mission Ends, Organic Chemistry on Mars, Hormone Changes in Expectant Dads, New High in CO2 Output

December 17, 2014

ESA’s Venus Express Mission Ends The European Space Agency (ESA) announced this week that the space probe it sent to orbit Venus back in 2006 has reached the end of its life. Called the Venus Express, the spacecraft ran out of its propellant after executing a number of thruster burns that returned the probe to […]

Rising Levels of Human-Caused Water Vapor in Troposphere will Intensify Climate Change Projections

July 28, 2014

When it comes to greenhouse gases that contribute most to global warming, most people think of substances such as carbon dioxide, methane or even hydrofluorocarbons. But did you know that, for a while now, scientists have considered the vapor of the most important ingredient in sustaining life on Earth – water – as one of […]

Top Tags

  • NASA262 Posts
  • astronomers103 Posts
  • ESA87 Posts
  • Mars86 Posts
  • study81 Posts
  • "European Space Agency"80 Posts
  • "solar system"77 Posts
  • spacecraft76 Posts
  • Sun63 Posts
  • JPL62 Posts
VOA
  • Archives
  • Contact
  • Science World