2021.11.04

Lifting the Venus Curse

Three new space missions are set to reinvigorate 's long-neglected neighbor, potentially revealing how and why it became our planet's evil twin

GLOBAL VIEW of the northern hemisphere of Venus, based on radar data from nasa’s Magellan orbiter, which peered underneath the planet’s veil of swirling clouds from 1990 to 1994. Source: NASA and JPL

GLOBAL VIEW of the northern hemisphere of Venus, based on radar data from nasa’s Magellan orbiter, which peered underneath the planet’s veil of swirling clouds from 1990 to 1994. Source: NASA and JPL

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