Boffins detect direct evidence of atomic oxygen on Venus's day side

Measures could help future probe mission, plus understanding of why boiling hot atmos so different to Earth's

Venus is the most similar planet to the Earth in size and position, but its atmosphere is very different. To help shed light on why, a group of scientists have - for the first time - made direct observations of atomic oxygen on both the day and night sides of the second planet from the Sun....