Why Venus died

Phys Org ^ | JANUARY 26, 2024 | by Paul M. Sutter, Universe Today

[Red Badger]

Venus Ping!...................

[DesertRhino]

“With no water to act a lubricant, the great slow grinding of the plates seized up, locking the crust in place. This constant churning acts as a natural sink for carbon: the carbon dioxide binds to rocks which get pulled deep into the mantle, preventing too much carbon from building up in the atmosphere.”

So, Venus just needed some lube? As Rush used to say, you just can’t make this stuff up.

[tet68]

Crap, in only 500 million years we’ll be at a tipping point. !!!

[Red Badger]

Has anybody told Greta?........................

[UnwashedPeasant]

Elon Musk should rehabilitate Venus and sell time shares.

[lee martell]

I was nervous for a minute. I thought the headline was referring to Venus Williams, the now, middle aged tennis star. How many women named Venus do you know?

[rfp1234]

Venereal diseases?

[CatOwner]

As the Sun’s warmth moved further into the solar system, what happens with Mars? Has its fate already been decided, or can it change to something closer to Earth’s?

[Political Junkie Too]

What doomed Venus was not any fault of its own, but our own treacherous sun.

Meanwhile, back here on Earth it's all our fault and has nothing to do with the sun.

-PJ

[Deo volente]

https://youtu.be/7KOLKu0aBEc?si=sy7ILiDl9aXKrL7j

[Carl Vehse]

"At some point, approximately 500 million years from now, Venus will not be alone"

Wait! Didn't Greta and Algore say we had less than a decade left?!?

[Bobbyvotes]

Venus is much closer to the Sun than earth. That is the reason for the heat.

[fidelis]

"At some point, approximately 500 million years from now, Venus will not be alone, The Earth's oceans will boil, our continents will halt their ancient motion, and we will finally be twins with our sister: dead, lifeless, and strangling on our own bloated atmosphere."

Oh, and have a nice day. 🙂

[dragnet2]

And billions of years after that, sadly the earth will likely dissolve as it falls into the expanding sun.

[rlmorel]

Hahahahahahaha...great post, it made me grin!

[Yardstick]

Yeah but it’s an interesting to think back billions of years to when the sun was smaller and Venus may have been habitable while Earth was a snowball.

[Ronald77]

Venus inhabitants used to many electric vehicles

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

As stars age they gradually brighten.

So, not from fossil fuels then? Noted.

[Paul R.]

Mars does not have a global magnetic field, which is quite problematic.