Scientists have found that once upon a time, about 3 billion years ago, a mild climate reigned on the planet Venus and life was seething, reports The Guardian.
After conducting a large number of studies, including using specialized stations and robots, American scientists came to the conclusion that a long time ago there were oceans on the surface of Venus, and primitive living creatures also lived, which soon disappeared as a result of the greenhouse effect due to large amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Today, the atmosphere of Venus is an impenetrable thick fog of sulfuric acid.
According to one of the theories, Venus began to rapidly heat up, because of which all the water resources of the planet simply evaporated and life stopped.
At the moment, it is extremely difficult to imagine Venus as an option for human habitation. Indeed, now the surface temperature on the planet in the daytime reaches about 450 ° С and even at an altitude of 50 km it still remains very high - 120 ° С.