habitable planet

Venus is losing water faster than previously thought. Here’s what that could mean for the habitability of the early planet

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Today, the atmosphere of our neighboring 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 had as much water as Earth does today. If that water was once liquid, Venus might once have been habitable. … Read more

Venus is losing water faster than previously thought. Here’s what that could mean for the habitability of the early planet

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Today, the atmosphere of our neighboring 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 had as much water as Earth does today. If that water was once liquid, Venus might once have been habitable. … Read more

How the runaway greenhouse gas effect can destroy a planet’s habitability – including Earth’s

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Using advanced computer simulations, scientists have shown how easily a runaway greenhouse effect can quickly transform a habitable planet into a hellish world incapable of life. This research not only has implications for our understanding of extrasolar planets, or “exoplanets”, but it also offers insights into the Earth’s man-made climate crisis. The team of astronomers … Read more