Venus is often described as Earth’s twin, but with a runaway greenhouse effect from excessive carbon dioxide. The planet closely resembles Earth in size, mass, chemical makeup, and distance from the sun. Those components, combined with the kinds of geological formations associated with water erosion, led scientists to hypothesize that Venus was once home to giant oceans, much like Earth
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