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Venus is losing water faster than previously thought – here’s what that could mean for the early planet’s habitability

  • Written by Eryn Cangi, Research Scientist in Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
Venus is losing water faster than previously thought – here’s what that could mean for the early planet’s habitabilityAn artist's illustration of hydrogen disappearing from Venus. Aurore Simonnet/ Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics/ University of Colorado Boulder

Today, the atmosphere of our neighbor planet Venus is as hot as a pizza oven and drier than the driest desert on Earth – but it wasn’t always that way.

Billions of years ago, Venus...

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