

Venus: Death of a Planet
2021-08-28 · 51 min · ★ 6.3
Billions of years ago, Venus may have harbored life-giving habitats similar to those on the early Earth. Today, Earth's twin is a planet knocked upside down and turned inside out. Its burned-out surface is a global fossil of volcanic destruction, shrouded in a dense, toxic atmosphere. Scientists are now unveiling daring new strategies to search for clues from a time when the planet was alive.
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- David Sky Brody
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- Thomas Lucas Productions, Inc.
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- United States of America
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David GrinspoonSelf
Rosaly Lopes-GautierSelf
Sanjay LimayeSelf
Suzanne SmrekarSelf
Martha GilmoreSelf
Geoffrey LandisSelf
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