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Jam packed issues filled with the latest cutting-edge research, technology and theories delivered in an entertaining and visually stunning way, aiming to educate and inspire readers of all agesScientists have observed something unexpected in Venus' atmosphere — an increase in the level of deuterium relative to hydrogen. Okay, sure, that doesn't sound like the most exciting statement.
Liquid water is unable to exist in significant enough quantities due to the extreme temperatures and pressures beneath Venus' thick cloud layers."To put this into perspective, these altitudes have 150,000 times less water than comparable altitudes on Earth," wrote the scientists in their study.
They also determined that the concentration of water molecules, both H2O and HDO, increases with altitude, specifically between 70 and 110 kilometers above Venus' surface. Further, they found that the ratio of HDO to H2O becomes extremely elevated at these altitudes, more than 1,500 times higher than what is found in Earth's oceans.
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