When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A giant vortex at the south pole of Venus is actually a shape-shifter that changes form at least ...
The centre of the polar vortex (white dot) is displaced from the South Pole (white cross). Credit: ESA/VIRTIS-VenusX/INAF-IASF/LESIA-Obs. Paris/Univ. Lisbon/Univ ...
“They provide new insights into the complex processes that shape the polar vortices and their role in the atmosphere’s superrotation.” The Venus Express mission is currently funded until 2014, ...