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Venus, the
'Morning Star', is our closest planetary neighbour. Similar to Earth
in size and mass, scientists once thought it should be a lot like our
planet. Instead, Venus is entirely different, hidden by dense clouds
of noxious gases, with a crushing surface pressure and burning-hot temperatures.
Why did a planet apparently so similar to Earth evolve in a way so radically
different over the last four thousand million years? How has an alien
Greenhouse Effect contributed to atmospheric collapse? And are volcanoes
still active today on the grim surface? These are just some of the mysteries
Venus Express will attempt to unlock.
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