Venus was likely habitable for 3B years. Then something mysterious happened.

[Wyatt earp]

Venus was likely habitable for 3B years. Then something mysterious happened.





Yeah we all know what that was.

Venus was likely habitable for 3B years. Then something mysterious happened.




Although it's possible Mars once supported life, Earth is the only planet in the solar system currently known to do so. However, a new study notes that Venus may have been habitable for a few billion years — until something mysterious happened.


The research, presented at the European Planetary Science Congress – Division for Planetary Sciences Joint Meeting 2019, notes that Venus potentially had stable temperatures and was home to "liquid water" for 2 to 3 billion years, until a "dramatic transformation" started happening more than 700 million years ago that completely reshaped the planet and resurfaced approximately 80 percent of it.

Our hypothesis is that Venus may have had a stable climate for billions of years. It is possible that the near-global resurfacing event is responsible for its transformation from an Earth-like climate to the hellish hot-house we see today,” said Dr. Michael Way, the study's lead author, in a statement.

 

[rightwinger]

Probably Republicans

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Runaway global warming.

I'm sure we'll find the surface of Venus littered with 700MM year old internal combustion engines

 

[impuretrash]

A planet with no human beings went apocalyptic global warming. Food for thought.

 

[B. Kidd]

Venusians became extinct after they redistributed their wealth.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Venusian liberals tried to warn the population that if they didn't park their big lumbering hover craft, and stop eating Martian meat, the planet would warm.

 

[22lcidw]

Probably Republicans

You can check human history, but just the 20th century has been a gold mine for huge massive governments authoritarian regimes like you want. The butchering of hundreds of millions of people in that century was gruesome. They were not Republicans.

 

[theHawk]

Probably Republicans

You can check human history, but just the 20th century has been a gold mine for huge massive governments authoritarian regimes like you want. The butchering of hundreds of millions of people in that century was gruesome. They were not Republicans.

And it was Republicans(conservatives) that stopped those regimes.

 

[Leo123]

The power of natural forces is awesome. If the Sun starts expanding the Earth would become toast very quickly.

 

[sealybobo]

Venus was likely habitable for 3B years. Then something mysterious happened.





Yeah we all know what that was.




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Venus was likely habitable for 3B years. Then something mysterious happened.




Although it's possible Mars once supported life, Earth is the only planet in the solar system currently known to do so. However, a new study notes that Venus may have been habitable for a few billion years — until something mysterious happened.


The research, presented at the European Planetary Science Congress – Division for Planetary Sciences Joint Meeting 2019, notes that Venus potentially had stable temperatures and was home to "liquid water" for 2 to 3 billion years, until a "dramatic transformation" started happening more than 700 million years ago that completely reshaped the planet and resurfaced approximately 80 percent of it.

Our hypothesis is that Venus may have had a stable climate for billions of years. It is possible that the near-global resurfacing event is responsible for its transformation from an Earth-like climate to the hellish hot-house we see today,” said Dr. Michael Way, the study's lead author, in a statement.

With or without man made global warming, earth is eventually going to turn into another Venus/Mars. It's just a matter of time.

But this would be good news as far as life on other planets. If there was life once on Venus and Mars then that means eventually ever solar system ends up having life. It may not be human life but it's life. It may be smarter than us but most likely most life out there is not thinking like we think. At best the life is probably as smart as a crocodile or dinosaur or bird or dolphin.

But then again Dolphins might be smarter that we know.

 

[JimBowie1958]

The power of natural forces is awesome. If the Sun starts expanding the Earth would become toast very quickly.

In the case of Venus, I am guessing that the Solar Wind got to a critical point and simply removed most of the protective layers of the Venus upper atmosphere, likely something similar to an Ozone layer that was slowly deteriorating then had an exponential collapse very quickly in geological terms.

The big difference with us and Venus is that Venus has no magnetic field and thus no Van Allen Belt.

Ideas on terraforming Venus

Terraforming of Venus - Wikipedia

 

[QuickHitCurepon]

 

[jwoodie]

The research, presented at the European Planetary Science Congress – Division for Planetary Sciences Joint Meeting 2019, notes that Venus potentially had stable temperatures and was home to "liquid water" for 2 to 3 billion years, until a "dramatic transformation" started happening more than 700 million years ago that completely reshaped the planet and resurfaced approximately 80 percent of it.

A solar day on Venus is equal to 216 Earth days. The idea that liquid water would exist for any significant period of time during these extended periods of extreme heat and cold is no more likely on Venus than it would be on Mercury.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

I think venus’s global warming has something to do with being so close to the sun.

 

[Unkotare]

Venus was likely habitable for 3B years. Then something mysterious happened.





Yeah we all know what that was.




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Venus was likely habitable for 3B years. Then something mysterious happened.




Although it's possible Mars once supported life, Earth is the only planet in the solar system currently known to do so. However, a new study notes that Venus may have been habitable for a few billion years — until something mysterious happened.


The research, presented at the European Planetary Science Congress – Division for Planetary Sciences Joint Meeting 2019, notes that Venus potentially had stable temperatures and was home to "liquid water" for 2 to 3 billion years, until a "dramatic transformation" started happening more than 700 million years ago that completely reshaped the planet and resurfaced approximately 80 percent of it.

Our hypothesis is that Venus may have had a stable climate for billions of years. It is possible that the near-global resurfacing event is responsible for its transformation from an Earth-like climate to the hellish hot-house we see today,” said Dr. Michael Way, the study's lead author, in a statement.

With or without man made global warming, earth is eventually going to turn into another Venus/Mars. It's just a matter of time.

But this would be good news as far as life on other planets. If there was life once on Venus and Mars then that means eventually ever solar system ends up having life. It may not be human life but it's life. It may be smarter than us but most likely most life out there is not thinking like we think. At best the life is probably as smart as a crocodile or dinosaur or bird or dolphin.

But then again Dolphins might be smarter that we know.

Smarter than you, for sure.

 

[justoffal]

Runaway global warming.

I'm sure we'll find the surface of Venus littered with 700MM year old internal combustion engines

Venus is absolutely covered with active volcanoes...

The Article's author apparently decided to leave that out for some inexplicable reason.

Hmmm

Jo

 

[sealybobo]

Venus was likely habitable for 3B years. Then something mysterious happened.





Yeah we all know what that was.




View attachment 280588 View attachment 280589



Venus was likely habitable for 3B years. Then something mysterious happened.




Although it's possible Mars once supported life, Earth is the only planet in the solar system currently known to do so. However, a new study notes that Venus may have been habitable for a few billion years — until something mysterious happened.


The research, presented at the European Planetary Science Congress – Division for Planetary Sciences Joint Meeting 2019, notes that Venus potentially had stable temperatures and was home to "liquid water" for 2 to 3 billion years, until a "dramatic transformation" started happening more than 700 million years ago that completely reshaped the planet and resurfaced approximately 80 percent of it.

Our hypothesis is that Venus may have had a stable climate for billions of years. It is possible that the near-global resurfacing event is responsible for its transformation from an Earth-like climate to the hellish hot-house we see today,” said Dr. Michael Way, the study's lead author, in a statement.

With or without man made global warming, earth is eventually going to turn into another Venus/Mars. It's just a matter of time.

But this would be good news as far as life on other planets. If there was life once on Venus and Mars then that means eventually ever solar system ends up having life. It may not be human life but it's life. It may be smarter than us but most likely most life out there is not thinking like we think. At best the life is probably as smart as a crocodile or dinosaur or bird or dolphin.

But then again Dolphins might be smarter that we know.

Smarter than you, for sure.

Smarter than anyone who ever sat in your classroom

 

[CarlinAnnArbor]

Venus is too close to the sun. I doubt it could have EVER supported any life.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Little Greta VonPinhead tried to warn the Venusians about mining the volcanoes too! If only they had listened

 

[Unkotare]

Venus was likely habitable for 3B years. Then something mysterious happened.





Yeah we all know what that was.




View attachment 280588 View attachment 280589



Venus was likely habitable for 3B years. Then something mysterious happened.




Although it's possible Mars once supported life, Earth is the only planet in the solar system currently known to do so. However, a new study notes that Venus may have been habitable for a few billion years — until something mysterious happened.


The research, presented at the European Planetary Science Congress – Division for Planetary Sciences Joint Meeting 2019, notes that Venus potentially had stable temperatures and was home to "liquid water" for 2 to 3 billion years, until a "dramatic transformation" started happening more than 700 million years ago that completely reshaped the planet and resurfaced approximately 80 percent of it.

Our hypothesis is that Venus may have had a stable climate for billions of years. It is possible that the near-global resurfacing event is responsible for its transformation from an Earth-like climate to the hellish hot-house we see today,” said Dr. Michael Way, the study's lead author, in a statement.

With or without man made global warming, earth is eventually going to turn into another Venus/Mars. It's just a matter of time.

But this would be good news as far as life on other planets. If there was life once on Venus and Mars then that means eventually ever solar system ends up having life. It may not be human life but it's life. It may be smarter than us but most likely most life out there is not thinking like we think. At best the life is probably as smart as a crocodile or dinosaur or bird or dolphin.

But then again Dolphins might be smarter that [sic] we know.

Smarter than you, for sure.

Smarter than anyone who ever sat in your classroom