https: //www.koonmotors.com/news/space_time/venus/ Planet Venus News. Science articles on the planet Venus including up-to-date detailed images, related missions and more. en-us Sun, 10 Sep 2023 22:49:57 EDT Sun, 10 Sep 2023 22:49:57 EDT 60 https: //www.koonmotors.com/images/scidaily-logo-rss.pnghttps: //www.koonmotors.com/news/space_time/venus/ 更多的科学新闻,科学日报的访问。 https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230720124844.htm A team has modeled the early impact history of Venus to explain how Earth's sister planet has maintained a youthful surface despite lacking plate tectonics. The team compared the early collision histories of the two bodies and determined that Venus likely experienced higher-speed, higher-energy impacts creating a super-heated core that promoted extended volcanism and resurfaced the planet. Thu, 20 Jul 2023 12:48:44 EDT https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230720124844.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230621105434.htm How close can a rocky planet be to a star, and still sustain water and life? A recently discovered exoplanet may be key to solving that mystery. Wed, 21 Jun 2023 10:54:34 EDT https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230621105434.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230322082654.htm With the first paper compiling all known information about planets like Venus beyond our solar system, scientists are the closest they've ever been to finding an analog of Earth's 'twin.' Wed, 22 Mar 2023 08:26:54 EDT https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230322082654.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230315143900.htm 金星似乎火山活动,to a new research paper that offers strong evidence to answer the lingering question about whether Earth's sister planet currently has eruptions and lava flows. Wed, 15 Mar 2023 14:39:00 EDT https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230315143900.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/06/220614122646.htm The unusual behavior of sulphur in Venus' atmosphere cannot be explained by an 'aerial' form of extra-terrestrial life, according to a new study. Tue, 14 Jun 2022 12:26:46 EDT https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/06/220614122646.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/06/220603100116.htm NASA scientists and engineers give new details about the Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging (DAVINCI) mission, which will descend through the layered Venus atmosphere to the surface of the planet in mid-2031. DAVINCI is the first mission to study Venus using both spacecraft flybys and a descent probe. Fri, 03 Jun 2022 10:01:16 EDT https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/06/220603100116.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/04/220420092119.htm If not for the soupy, fast-moving atmosphere on Venus, Earth's sister planet would likely not rotate. Instead, Venus would be locked in place, always facing the sun the way the same side of the moon always faces Earth. Wed, 20 Apr 2022 09:21:19 EDT https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/04/220420092119.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/12/211220190650.htm A new study supports the longstanding idea that if life exists, it might make a home in Venus' clouds. The study's authors identified a chemical pathway by which life could neutralize Venus' acidic environment, creating a self-sustaining, habitable pocket in the clouds. Mon, 20 Dec 2021 19:06:50 EST https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/12/211220190650.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/10/211013114018.htm Astrophysicists have investigated the past of Venus to find out whether Earth's sister planet once had oceans. Wed, 13 Oct 2021 11:40:18 EDT https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/10/211013114018.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/09/210927131903.htm Using machine learning and simulations of giant impacts, researchers found that the planets residing in the inner solar system were likely born from repeated hit-and-run collisions, challenging conventional models of planet formation. Mon, 27 Sep 2021 13:19:03 EDT https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/09/210927131903.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/07/210721120720.htm Little is known about the weather at night on Venus as the absence of sunlight makes imaging difficult. Now, researchers have devised a way to use infrared sensors on board the Venus orbiter Akatsuki to reveal the first details of the nighttime weather of our nearest neighbor. Their analytical methods could be used to study other planets including Mars and gas giants as well. Wed, 21 Jul 2021 12:07:20 EDT https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/07/210721120720.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/07/210712151924.htm Last autumn, researchers reported finding the gas phosphine in trace amounts in Venus' upper atmosphere, raising the slim possibility of a biological signature. Now scientists say that the phosphine's chemical fingerprints support a different find: evidence of explosive volcanoes. Mon, 12 Jul 2021 15:19:24 EDT https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/07/210712151924.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/06/210621160543.htm A new analysis of Venus' surface shows evidence of tectonic motion in the form of crustal blocks that have jostled against each other like broken chunks of pack ice. Mon, 21 Jun 2021 16:05:43 EDT https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/06/210621160543.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/02/210225082503.htm NASA's Parker Solar Probe captured stunning views of Venus during its close flyby of the planet in July 2020. For more insight, the WISPR team planned a set of similar observations of the Venusian nightside during Parker Solar Probe's latest Venus flyby on Feb. 20, 2021. Mission team scientists expect to receive and process that data for analysis by the end of April. Thu, 25 Feb 2021 08:25:03 EST https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/02/210225082503.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/01/210128134659.htm A study of a giant impact crater on Venus suggests that its lithosphere was too thick to have had Earth-like plate tectonics, at least for much of the past billion years. Thu, 28 Jan 2021 13:46:59 EST https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/01/210128134659.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/01/210127140147.htm Astronomers revisited and comprehensively reinterpreted the radio telescope observations underlying a widely reported 2019 claim that phosphine gas was present in the atmosphere of Venus. In a paper accepted to the Astrophysical Journal, they report that sulfur dioxide, a common gas in the atmosphere of Venus, is likely what was detected instead of phosphine. Wed, 27 Jan 2021 14:01:47 EST https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/01/210127140147.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/12/201215131229.htm A new device promises insight into how the building blocks of life form in outer space. It mimics how molecules come together in the freezing darkness of interstellar space. Tue, 15 Dec 2020 13:12:29 EST https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/12/201215131229.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/10/201007123033.htm A growing body of research suggests the planet Venus may have had an Earth-like environment billions of years ago, with water and a thin atmosphere. Wed, 07 Oct 2020 12:30:33 EDT https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/10/201007123033.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/09/200930085157.htm Venus might not be a sweltering, waterless hellscape today, if Jupiter hadn't altered its orbit around the sun, according to new research. Wed, 30 Sep 2020 08:51:57 EDT https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/09/200930085157.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/09/200917135509.htm Researchers has found that some of the oldest terrain on Venus, known as tesserae, have layering that seems consistent with volcanic activity. The finding could provide insights into the enigmatic planet's geological history. Thu, 17 Sep 2020 13:55:09 EDT https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/09/200917135509.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/07/200720112333.htm A new study identified 37 recently active volcanic structures on Venus. The study provides some of the best evidence yet that Venus is still a geologically active planet. Mon, 20 Jul 2020 11:23:33 EDT https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/07/200720112333.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/04/200423143050.htm An international research team has revealed that the 'super-rotation' on Venus is maintained near the equator by atmospheric tidal waves formed from solar heating on the planet's dayside and cooling on its nightside. Thu, 23 Apr 2020 14:30:50 EDT https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/04/200423143050.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/01/190110091004.htm Astronomers have identified a giant streak structure among the clouds covering planet Venus based on observation from the spacecraft Akatsuki. The team also revealed the origins of this structure using large-scale climate simulations. Thu, 10 Jan 2019 09:10:04 EST https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/01/190110091004.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/09/170901093859.htm Observations by Japan's Venus climate orbiter Akatsuki have revealed an equatorial jet in the lower to middle cloud layer of the planet's atmosphere, a finding that could be pivotal to unraveling a phenomenon called superrotation. Fri, 01 Sep 2017 09:38:59 EDT https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/09/170901093859.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/07/170725122049.htm Astronomers shed light on the so far unexplored nightside circulation at the upper cloud level of Venus. Researchers have discovered unexpected patterns of slow motion and abundant stationary waves in Venus's nighttime sky. Tue, 25 Jul 2017 12:20:49 EDT https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/07/170725122049.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/01/170119161546.htm Astronomers have located the habitable zone, the region where water could exist on the surface of a planet, on the Wolf 1061, a planetary system that's 14 light years away. Thu, 19 Jan 2017 16:15:46 EST https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/01/170119161546.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/10/161018081619.htm The European Space Agency's Venus Express mission has provided a great amount of data from the surface and atmosphere of Earth's inner twin planet. Among these observations was the mapping of the southern hemisphere of Venus in the near infrared spectral range. However the thick and permanent cloud cover of Venus limits the achievable resolution, similar to observing a scene through fog. Using a numerical model, planetary researchers pushed the limits of the data resolution. Tue, 18 Oct 2016 08:16:19 EDT https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/10/161018081619.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/08/160816134024.htm Ancient hieroglyphic texts reveal Mayans made major discovery in math and astronomy, a researcher suggests. This study blends the study of Mayan hieroglyphics (epigraphy), archaeology and astronomy to present a new interpretation of the Venus Table, which tracks the observable phases of the second planet from the Sun. Tue, 16 Aug 2016 13:40:24 EDT https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/08/160816134024.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/08/160811120405.htm Venus may have had a shallow liquid-water ocean and habitable surface temperatures for up to two billion years of its early history, according to NASA computer modeling of the planet's ancient climate. Thu, 11 Aug 2016 12:04:05 EDT https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/08/160811120405.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/08/160805155132.htm New research finds that major volcanic activity on the planet Mercury most likely ended about 3.5 billion years ago. These findings add insight into the geological evolution of Mercury in particular, and what happens when rocky planets cool and contract in general. Fri, 05 Aug 2016 15:51:32 EDT https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/08/160805155132.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/06/160630093237.htm Astronomers have found an explanation for the chaotic behavior of the orbit of Halley's Comet. Thu, 30 Jun 2016 09:32:37 EDT https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/06/160630093237.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/06/160620100200.htm 金星有一个强大到足以雷莫电动风ve the components of water from its upper atmosphere, which may have played a significant role in stripping the planet of its oceans. Mon, 20 Jun 2016 10:02:00 EDT https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/06/160620100200.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/01/160121110932.htm The universe is probably filled with habitable planets, so many scientists think it should be teeming with aliens. But life on other planets would likely be brief and become extinct very quickly, say astrobiologists. In research aiming to understand how life might develop, the scientists realized new life would commonly die out due to runaway heating or cooling on their fledgling planets. Thu, 21 Jan 2016 11:09:32 EST https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/01/160121110932.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/07/150721193957.htm Compared to its celestial neighbors Venus and Mars, Earth is a pretty habitable place. So how did we get so lucky? A new study sheds light on the improbable evolutionary path that enabled Earth to sustain life. Tue, 21 Jul 2015 19:39:57 EDT https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/07/150721193957.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/07/150709180212.htm Two of NASA's heliophysics missions can now claim planetary science on their list of scientific findings. A group of scientists used the Venus transit -- a very rare event where a planet passes between Earth and the sun, appearing to us as a dark dot steadily making its way across the sun's bright face -- to make measurements of how the Venusian atmosphere absorbs different kinds of light. Thu, 09 Jul 2015 18:02:12 EDT https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/07/150709180212.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/07/150707213247.htm Almost 2000 exoplanets have been discovered to date, ranging from rocky Earth-like planets to hot-Jupiters, and orbiting every type of star. But how many of these distant worlds are habitable? Today’s technology means that we currently have very little information about what exoplanets are like beyond their presence, size and distance from star. With the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope we may have our first glimpses into atmospheres of Earth-like exoplanets. Tue, 07 Jul 2015 21:32:47 EDT https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/07/150707213247.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/06/150618122106.htm Researchers combing through the data from the Venus Express mission have found new evidence of active lava flows on Earth's nearest neighbor. Thu, 18 Jun 2015 12:21:06 EDT https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/06/150618122106.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/04/150423125842.htm Detecting an 'earthquake' on Venus would seem to be an impossible task. But conditions in Venus' atmosphere are much more hospitable, and it is here that researchers hope to deploy an array of balloons or satellites that could detect Venusian seismic activity -- using sound. Thu, 23 Apr 2015 12:58:42 EDT https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/04/150423125842.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/04/150409182957.htm While no one yet knows what's needed to build a habitable planet, it's clear that the interplay between the sun and Earth is crucial for making our planet livable -- a balance between a sun that provides energy and a planet that can protect itself from the harshest solar emissions. Thu, 09 Apr 2015 18:29:57 EDT https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/04/150409182957.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/03/150325131714.htm Scientists have found a warm layer in Venus' atmosphere, the nature of which is still unknown. The researchers made the discovery when compiling a temperature map of the upper atmosphere on the planet's night side based on the data collected by the Venus Express probe. Wed, 25 Mar 2015 13:17:14 EDT https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/03/150325131714.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/03/150309174835.htm Recently, by combining the highly sensitive receiving capabilities of the National Science Foundation's Green Bank Telescope and the powerful radar transmitter at the NSF's Arecibo Observatory, astronomers were able to make remarkably detailed images of the surface of Venus without ever leaving Earth. Mon, 09 Mar 2015 17:48:35 EDT https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/03/150309174835.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/10/141020133912.htm Venus is hiding something beneath its brilliant shroud of clouds: a first order mystery about the planet that researchers may be a little closer to solving because of a new re-analysis of twenty-year-old spacecraft data. Venus's surface can't be seen from orbit in visible light because of the planet's hot, dense, cloudy atmosphere. Instead, radar has been used by spacecraft to penetrate the clouds and map out the surface – both by reflecting radar off the surface to measure elevation and by looking at the radio emissions of the hot surface. The last spacecraft to map Venus in this way was Magellan, two decades ago. Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:39:12 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/10/141020133912.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/10/141014152542.htm 寻找类地行星的工资,team of researchers may have found a way to speed up the process. The team is developing a new laser-based technology known as the green astro-comb to obtain information about the mass of a distant planet. Using this information, astronomers will be able to determine whether distant exoplanets are rocky worlds like Earth or less dense gas giants like Jupiter. Tue, 14 Oct 2014 15:25:42 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/10/141014152542.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/09/140911180754.htm Underscoring the vast differences between Earth and its neighbor Venus, new research shows a glimpse of giant holes in the electrically charged layer of the Venusian atmosphere, called the ionosphere. The observations point to a more complicated magnetic environment than previously thought -- which in turn helps us better understand this neighboring, rocky planet. Thu, 11 Sep 2014 18:07:54 EDT https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/09/140911180754.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/09/140910214145.htm Astronomers have defined the 'Venus Zone,' the area around a star in which a planet is likely to exhibit the unlivable conditions found on the planet Venus. The research will aid Kepler astronomers searching for exoplanets, helping them determine which are likely to be similar to Earth and which are more likely to resemble Venus. Wed, 10 Sep 2014 21:41:45 EDT https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/09/140910214145.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/06/140611100055.htm NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has imaged the planet Mercury passing in front of the sun, visible as a faint darkening that moves across the face of the sun. Wed, 11 Jun 2014 10:00:55 EDT https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/06/140611100055.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/02/140220194027.htm Researchers recently discovered that a common space weather phenomenon on the outskirts of Earth's magnetic bubble, the magnetosphere, has much larger repercussions for Venus. The giant explosions, called hot flow anomalies, can be so large at Venus that they're bigger than the entire planet and they can happen multiple times a day. Thu, 20 Feb 2014 19:40:27 EST https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/02/140220194027.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2013/11/131125172111.htm A week after launching a new orbiter to investigate the upper atmosphere of Mars, NASA is sending a sounding rocket to probe the atmosphere of Venus. Mon, 25 Nov 2013 17:21:11 EST https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2013/11/131125172111.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2013/03/130324152140.htm A detailed study of Venus' South Polar Vortex shows a much more chaotic and unpredictable cyclone than previously thought. The analysis reveals that the center of rotation of the vortex wanders around the pole differently at different altitude levels in the clouds of Venus. In its stroll around the Pole, in layers separated by 20 km, the vortex experiences unpredictable changes in its morphology. Sun, 24 Mar 2013 15:21:40 EDT https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2013/03/130324152140.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2013/03/130304125306.htm A distant world gleaming in sunlight, Earth's twin planet, Venus, shines like a bright beacon in images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in orbit around Saturn. Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:53:06 EST https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2013/03/130304125306.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2012/12/121213111734.htm On June 6, 2012, Venus passed directly between Earth and the sun, in a so-called transit where the planet appears as a silhouette against the solar disk, something that will not happen again until Dec. 5, 2117. A team of Italian astronomers used the opportunity to perform an unusual and challenging experiment, looking at the sunlight reflected off the moon ('moonlight') to see how it changed during the transit. This technique could help scientists to find planets in orbit around other stars. Thu, 13 Dec 2012 11:17:34 EST https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2012/12/121213111734.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2012/12/121212164632.htm Fifty years ago on a mid-December day, NASA's Mariner 2 spacecraft sailed close to the shrouded planet Venus, marking the first time any spacecraft had ever successfully made a close-up study of another planet. The flyby, 36 million miles (58 million kilometers) away from Earth, gave America its first bona fide space "first" after five years in which the Soviet Union led with several space exploration milestones. Designed and built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., the successful Mariner 2 spacecraft ushered in a new era of solar system exploration. Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:46:32 EST https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2012/12/121212164632.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2012/12/121203081838.htm Six years of observations by the European Space Agency's Venus Express have shown large changes in the sulfur dioxide content of the planet's atmosphere, and one intriguing possible explanation is volcanic eruptions. The thick atmosphere of Venus contains over a million times as much sulfur dioxide as Earth's, where almost all of the pungent, toxic gas is generated by volcanic activity. Most of the sulfur dioxide on Venus is hidden below the planet's dense upper cloud deck, because the gas is readily destroyed by sunlight. That means any sulfur dioxide detected in Venus' upper atmosphere above the cloud deck must have been recently supplied from below. Mon, 03 Dec 2012 08:18:38 EST https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2012/12/121203081838.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2012/11/121116124423.htm Have you taken an interesting astronomical photo this year? From planets and moons to the Sun, stars and galaxies, we’d like you to send us your images to feature as our Space Science Image of the Week on 31 December. Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:44:23 EST https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2012/11/121116124423.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2012/10/121002185050.htm Venus Express has spied a surprisingly cold region high in the planet's atmosphere that may be frigid enough for carbon dioxide to freeze out as ice or snow. Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:50:50 EDT https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2012/10/121002185050.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2012/09/120928085346.htm New movies of the transit of Venus on June 6, 2012, viewed from two different locations on Earth, clearly show the parallax effects that have made Venus transits so important historically. The results were presented at the European Planetary Science Congress in Madrid, Spain. Fri, 28 Sep 2012 08:53:46 EDT https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2012/09/120928085346.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2012/06/120605171010.htm It's the final opportunity of the century to witness the rare astronomical reunion of the sun, Venus and Earth. On Tuesday, June 5 or 6, 2012, depending on your location, Venus will make its presence in the solar system visible from Earth's day side. Using special eye safety precautions, viewers may see Venus as a small dot slowly drifting across the golden disk of the sun. Tue, 05 Jun 2012 17:10:10 EDT https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2012/06/120605171010.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2012/06/120604182031.htm When Venus transits the sun on June 5-6, an armada of spacecraft and ground-based telescopes will be on the lookout for something elusive and, until recently, unexpected: the arc of Venus. Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:20:31 EDT https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2012/06/120604182031.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2012/06/120604182029.htm With the new data obtained during the Venus transit on June 5-6, 2012, the RHESSI team hopes to improve the knowledge of the exact shape of the sun and provide a more accurate measure of the diameter than has previously been obtained. Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:20:29 EDT https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2012/06/120604182029.htm https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2012/06/120601231754.htm On June 5, 2012, at 6:03 PM EDT, the planet Venus will do something it has done only seven times since the invention of the telescope: cross in front of the sun. This transit is among the rarest of planetary alignments and it has an odd cycle. Two such Venus transits always occur within eight years of each other and then there is a break of either 105 or 121 years before it happens again. Fri, 01 Jun 2012 23:17:54 EDT https: //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2012/06/120601231754.htm