Astrophysics study suggests Venus may have swallowed its moon
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"Astrophysics study suggests Venus may have swallowed its moon" is generating significant coverage in the Science category, with 15 articles from 14 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include ScienceDaily, Smithsonian Magazine, Futurity and Mashable. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Coverage (15)
- Venus may have swallowed its own moon ScienceDaily · 44d ago
- Billions of Years Ago, Venus May Have Had a Moon—Which the Planet Promptly Gobbled Up, Study Suggests Smithsonian Magazine · 44d ago
- Venus likely swallowed its moon Futurity · 44d ago
- Venus could have swallowed its own moon, study shows Mashable · 45d ago
- New Study Explains Why Venus Has No Moon Sci.News · 45d ago
- If Venus Had An Ancient Moon, It Was Doomed Universe Today · 45d ago
- Venus ate its moon EurekAlert! · 45d ago
- Venus ate its moon University of California, Riverside · 45d ago
- Venus may once have had a moon, but new simulations show that as the planet’s rotation slowed, tidal forces could have dragged the satellite inside the Roche limit and destroyed it—in some scenarios within just 30 million years. Space Daily · 45d ago
- Did Venus Eat its Own Moon? Nautilus | Science Connected · 45d ago
- Rotation too slow: Collision of Venus with possible moon likely unavoidable heise online · 45d ago
- Venus’ slow rotation is why planet has no moon, say scientists The Independent · 45d ago
- Venus Moon Would Have Been Doomed From The Start, Says New Paper Universe Today · 45d ago
- Venus had a moon for nearly 2 billion years, scientists say EarthSky · 45d ago
- Astrophysics study suggests Venus may have swallowed its moon Reuters · 45d ago
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