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Did Venus Once Have Oceans?

Name: Did Venus Once Have Oceans?
Uploaded: 2026-06-24
Duration: 1 min 33 s
Channel: Rick Wood
Description: Climate models, isotope evidence, and atmospheric escape frame the still-open case for ancient Venusian water.

Earth’s nearest planetary twin may have kept water for eons before losing the path back.

1:33Published June 24, 2026Hosted by Rick Wood

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What you’ll discover

What evidence points to lost water
How ultraviolet light can separate water molecules
Why the duration of Venusian habitability is unsettled

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