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Strange gas in Venus’s clouds may be a sign of volcanoes, not life

Strange gas in Venus’s clouds may be a sign of volcanoes, not life

12 July 2021

Phosphine gas in the atmosphere of Venus was considered a possible sign of life, but it could come from volcanic eruptions sending enormous plumes of lava into the air
Mysterious X-ray flares on Jupiter come from magnetic field vibrations

Mysterious X-ray flares on Jupiter come from magnetic field vibrations

9 July 2021

Jupiter blasts out strange X-ray flares that have gone unexplained for decades, and the mystery has now been solved by vibrations in the planet’s magnetic field

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