Exploring Venus

The second planet from the sun, Venus, with its toxic overheated surface, has long been neglected by planetary mission planners. Lately, Earth's sister planet has taken center stage in one of the greatest quests in science today: the search for life-bearing exo-planets across the Milky Way galaxy. This quest hinges on several essential questions: Why did planet Earth live, and why did Venus die?

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Ended

Original Name

Exploring Venus

First Air Date

September 2, 2020

Last Air Date

September 2, 2020

Seasons

Episodes

Language

English

Production Companies

Thomas Lucas Productions, Inc.

Networks

MagellanTV

S01E05

Warnings of a Doomed Planet

Venus is virtually a twin of Earth in size, mass and composition; much more like our planet than is Mars. Yet it has gone down a completely different - and deadly - evolutionary path. Experts share valuable lessons from Venus on the origins of life, acid rain, ozone loss, global warming and other questions. They make the passionate case for further exploring Earth's "evil twin sister."

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