Venus is losing water faster than previously thought – here’s what that could mean

Today, the atmosphere of our neighbor planet Venus is as hot as a and drier than the – but it wasn’t always that way. Billions of years ago, . If that water was ever liquid, Venus . Over time, that water has nearly all been lost. Figuring out how, when and why Venus lost its water helps understand what makes a planet habitable — or what can make a habitable planet transform into an uninhabitable world. Venus, Earth’s solar system neighbor. , Scientists have theories explaining why most of that...