Did Jupiter push Venus into a runaway greenhouse?
Monday, August 24, 2020 - 08:50
in Astronomy & Space
Venus has been garnering a lot of attention lately, though primarily in the scientific community, as the last Hollywood movie about the planet was released in the 1960s. This is in part due to its dramatic difference from Earth, and what that difference might mean for the study of exoplanets. If we can better understand what happened during Venus' formation to make it the hellscape it is today, we might be able to better understand what truly constitutes the habitable zone around other stars.