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A United Airlines plane was struck by a weather balloon, not space debris, as initially speculated. The incident is under investigation by the NTSB, with no fatalities but minor injuries. WindBorne's small, lightweight atmospheric balloons, which gather weather data, are designed to pose minimal risk to aircraft and comply with all regulations, and the company maintains active communication with authorities.
Scientists have developed a lightweight, sunlight-powered disc that levitates in the mesosphere using photophoresis, offering a new, sustainable way to explore this hard-to-reach atmospheric region and potentially beyond Earth, with applications in meteorology and space weather prediction.
New research suggests that Venus may have had Earth-like plate tectonics billions of years ago, opening up the possibility that the planet once harbored life. The study, conducted by Brown University researchers, used atmospheric data collection and computer modeling to reveal Venus' potential plate tectonic history. The findings challenge the notion that Venus had a stagnant lid and suggest that the planet may have had shifting plate tectonics between 3.5 and 4.5 billion years ago. This discovery could impact the search for life elsewhere in the universe and may have implications for the study of other celestial bodies. Confirmation of these findings may come from NASA's DAVINCI Mission in 2031.