Scientists discovered that the magnetic reconnection in Venus, as a result of the interaction between the ionosphere and solar wind will help to boost research on climate change in that planet and Earth.
The findings were published in the latest issue of Science Magazine, released on Friday.
“The magnetic reconnection may explain the auroras around Venus, and the atmosphere escape that led to the transformation of the planet rich in water four billion years ago to its current state,” said Zhang, quoted by local media.
The Chinese scientist, the team leader with University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) based in Hefei, capital of Anhui province, said the findings were based on observations with the Venus Express magnetometer and a low-energy particle detector.
Financed by China’s National Natural Science Foundation, the project was jointly conducted by USTC, the University of California at Los Angeles, and the Space Research Institute of the Austrian Academy of Science.
Similar to Earth in bulk, density and quality, Venus was once considered the planet which was most likely to have life. However, the temperature on the planet can reach 400 degrees Celsius and it has no water.
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