What the Hell Happened to Venus?

Use code coolworlds at to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan. Venus resembles our Earth in so many ways, yet in many others it’s frightningly different. Was Venus always this way? Could it have once been habitable? And if so, what went wrong? Why did Venus transform to the hellscape we see today? Let’s explore the world next door... Written & presented by Prof. David Kipping. Edited by Jorge Casas. Special thanks to Prof Stephen Kane for fact checking our script. → Support our research: → Get merch: → Check out our podcast: @CoolWorldsPodcast THANK-YOU to D. Smith, M. Sloan, L. Sanborn, C. Bottaccini, D. Daughaday, A. Jones, S. Brownlee, N. Kildal, Z. Star, E. West, T. Zajonc, C. Wolfred, L. Skov, G. Benson, A. De Vaal, M. Elliott, B. Daniluk, M. Forbes, S. Vystoropskyi, S. Lee, Z. Danielson, C. Fitzgerald, C. Souter, M. Gillette, T. Jeffcoat, J. Rockett, D. Murphree, T. Donkin, K. Myers, A. Schoen, K. Dabrowski, J. Black, R. Ramezankhani, J. Armstrong, K. Weber, S. Marks, L. Robinson, S. Roulier, B. Smith, J. Cassese, J. Kruger, S. Way, P. Finch, S. Applegate, L. Watson, E. Zahnle, N. Gebben, J. Bergman, E. Dessoi, C. Macdonald, M. Hedlund, P. Kaup, C. Hays, W. Evans, D. Bansal, J. Curtin, J. Sturm, RAND Corp., M. Donovan, N. Corwin, M. Mangione, K. Howard, L. Deacon, G. Metts, G. Genova, R. Provost, B. Sigurjonsson, G. Fullwood, B. Walford, J. Boyd, N. De Haan, J. Gillmer, R. Williams, E. Garland, A. Leishman, A. Phan Le, R. Lovely, M. Spoto, A. Steele, M. Varenka, K. Yarbrough, A. Cornejo, D. Compos, F. Demopoulos, G. Bylinsky, J. Werner, B. Pearson, S. Thayer, T. Edris, A. Harrison, B. Seeley, F. Blood, M. O’Brien, P. Muzyka, E. Loomans, D. Lee, J. Sargent, M. Czirr, F. Krotzer, I. Williams, J. Sattler, J. Smallbon, B. Reese, J. Yoder, O. Shabtay & X. Yao. REFERENCES ► Weller, M. et al. 2023, “Venus’s atmospheric nitrogen explained by ancient plate tectonics“, Nature Astronomy: ► Truong, N. & Lunine, J. 2021, “Volcanically extruded phosphides as an abiotic source of Venusian phosphine“, PNAS, 118, e2021689118: ► Greaves, J. et al. 2021, “Phosphine gas in the cloud decks of Venus“, Nature Astronomy, 5, 655: ► Way, M. et al. 2016, “Was Venus the First Habitable World of our Solar System?“, Geophysical Research Letters, 43, 8376: MUSIC Licensed by (SS) [], , via CC Attribution License () or with permission from the artist. 0:00 Hill - The Great Alchemist 3:58 Hill - Unhurried 5:31 Hill - World of Wonder 7:27 Chris Zabriskie - Music from Neptune Flux 04 8:40 Hill - A Slowly Lifting Fog 11:07 Falls - Life in Binary 15:38 Hill - Chasing out the Chaos 19:29 Chris Zabriskie - Cylinder Seven 23:28 Joachim Heinrich - Y CHAPTERS 0:00 Not With 10,000 Men... 2:20 The Mysterious World 3:45 Communist Venus 5:34 Incogni 6:59 Venusian Volcanism 8:31 Resurfacing 10:15 92 Bars 12:24 The Outgassing Conundrum 13:41 Lost Oceans 15:30 Was Venus Habitable? 18:09 Venusian Life 21:54 Future Exploration 23:08 Endgame 24:45 Outro & Credits #Venus #CoolWorlds
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