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Venus: Planet’s surface may always have been too hot for life
Cloud construction within the Venusian environment JAXA/ISAS/DARTS/Kevin M. Gill
Venus would possibly by no means have had the circumstances vital for water to exist on its floor, which means the planet wouldn’t have been liveable as as soon as thought.
At this time, Venus is a hellish world, with temperatures on its floor sizzling sufficient to soften lead. But the presence of water vapour in its thick environment, coupled with floor options referred to as tesserae that appear to be historical continents, recommend it might as soon as have supported oceans and possibly life billions of years in the past. Three new Venus spacecraft, two from NASA and …