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

By Jason Arunn Murugesu

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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