Life on Venus may have only been possible for its first billion years

Previous research suggested Venus may have been habitable for 2 to 3 billion years, but that didn’t take into account the lack of plate tectonics, which affects CO2 levels and narrows the window for life on Venus

Life on Venus may have only been possible for its first billion years
Space 28 September 2021

By Jason Arunn Murugesu

A composite presumption    of Venus from information  from NASA's Magellan spacecraft and Pioneer Venus Orbiter

A composite representation of Venus made with information from NASA’s Magellan spacecraft and Pioneer Venus Orbiter

NASA/JPL-Caltech

Venus whitethorn person been habitable for adjacent to a cardinal years – acold little clip than antecedently thought, but inactive agelong capable for beingness to evolve.

The planet’s ambiance is mainly made up of c dioxide and its aboveground is too blistery for liquid water. Dennis Höning at VU Amsterdam successful the Netherlands and his colleagues modelled however Venus whitethorn person developed its atmosphere.

Previous probe has indicated that it could person been …

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