A word from Mr. Wu: this issue features Zheng Siyao of Grade 6, Class 6. His rigorous scientific approach reveals the real Venus. A true little scientist!
When people hear Venus, they think of beauty and the Roman goddess of love. That's romanticism. In reality, its thick sulfuric acid clouds and atmospheric pressure ninety times Earth's are beyond human endurance.
Some even think Mercury must be hottest because it's closest to the Sun. In fact, Venus's terrifying greenhouse effect puts it firmly in first place. Truth belongs to the few willing to study the underlying logic.
Understanding the universe is like understanding computer code. Apparently meaningless numbers reveal hidden truths if you know how to decode them. For example, my favorite planet's name, written as numbers a machine understands, might look like this:
117 114 97 110 117 115
If you can decode it, visit my personal blog and be my friend.