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      • To date, we have no evidence of any past life on Venus, mostly because Venus suffered a tragic calamity. We’re not exactly sure when this disaster struck. It might have been early on, less than a billion years after the planet formed. It might have happened only recently, within the past few hundred million years.
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  1. Oct 20, 2021 · We cannot assess Venus’ past habitability without knowing how much water Venus may have had – and when and how it lost that water. Scientists can use the bulk chemical composition of rocks found on Venus to unravel the mystery of water on the planet.

  2. Aug 10, 2016 · Venus may have had conditions favorable for life for up to 2 billion years of its early history, according to computer modeling of the planet’s ancient climate.

  3. Jul 28, 2023 · Did life exist on Venus in the past? Because liquid water is the key to life as we know it, if Venus had water on its surface for billions of years it’s possible that microbial life emerged during that time.

  4. The possibility of life on Venus is a subject of interest in astrobiology due to Venus' proximity and similarities to Earth. To date, no definitive evidence has been found of past or present life there.

  5. Jan 5, 2021 · However, Venus once likely had an Earth-like climate. According to recent climate modelling, for much of its history Venus had surface temperatures similar to present day Earth .

  6. Nov 6, 2023 · Venus, a scorching wasteland of a planet according to scientists, may have once had tectonic plate movements similar to those believed to have occurred on early Earth, a new study found. The finding sets up tantalizing scenarios regarding the possibility of early life on Venus, its evolutionary past, and the history of the solar system.

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  8. Oct 28, 2023 · It's possible that once —billions of years ago— Venus had life on it. The rocky planet is a "scorching wasteland" according to scientists, but long ago a shift in its tectonic plates could...

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