Space scientists located on three continents have published a survey of hot flow anomalies (HFAs) observed at the of  , in on Tuesday. HFAs, discontinuities in the , were found to have much larger repercussions for Venus than for . The survey was conducted using data collected during roughly three Venusian days (about two Earth years) by the  's , expanding on an initial case study of a HFA at Venus published in 2012. "Not only are they gigantic," said Glyn Collinson of  , the first author of the papers published in 2012 and 2014, "[b]ut as Venus doesn’t have a magnetic field to protect itself, the hot flow anomalies happen right on top of the planet. They could swallow the planet whole." Seven events were observed during the surveyed time.
Space scientists located on three continents have published a survey of hot flow anomalies (HFAs) observed at the of Venus , in on Tuesday. HFAs, discontinuities in the , were found to have much larger repercussions for Venus than for . The survey was conducted using data collected during roughly three Venusian days (about two Earth years) by the European Space Agency 's , expanding on an initial case study of a HFA at Venus published in 2012. "Not only are they gigantic," said Glyn Collinson of NASA , the first author of the papers published in 2012 and 2014, "[b]ut as Venus doesn’t have a magnetic field to protect itself, the hot flow anomalies happen right on top of the planet. They could swallow the planet whole." Seven events were observed during the surveyed time.
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