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Venus seen as a full disk, its thick atmosphere showing faint blue-white swirling cloud bands.
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Venus, the planet that went wrong

Earth’s nearest neighbor absorbs less sunlight than Earth does, yet its surface is hot enough to melt lead. Understanding how that happened is one of the most practical questions in planetary science.

CosmosLens Editors4 min read