Artist’s Impression of the Venus Rover

Some scientists believe that the climate of Venus used to resemble Earth’s current climate. Instead of a blanket of sulfuric acid clouds, it too may have had puffy white clouds of water vapor and an atmosphere that may have been hospitable to life. Today, Venus’s atmosphere is composed primarily of carbon dioxide, which has made the planet a giant greenhouse. Many probes and flybys have been sent to Venus by humans over the last 50 years or so, and the ambient pressure and Continue reading →