The European Space Agency's Venus Express mission saw something it could not explain. It appeared that there were holes on the nightside of Venus' ionosphere. Researchers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center investigated these mysterious holes, and found evidence that the sun's magnetic field lines may be penetrating through the planet.
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GSFC_20140911_Venus_m11440_Ionospheric
Date Created
September 11, 2014
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GSFC
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video
Photographer
John Caldwell
Location
Goddard Space Flight Center
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