But to see molten rock bleed out of a volcano on a different planet would be extraordinary.
That is close to what scientists have spotted on Venus: two vast, sinuous lava flows oozing from two different corners of Earth’s planetary neighbor.
Earth and Venus were forged at the same time.
So why is Earth a paradise overflowing with water and life, while Venus is a scorched hellscape with acidic skies?
One theory holds that, eons ago, several apocalyptic eruptions set off a runaway greenhouse effect on Venus, turning it from a temperate, waterlogged world into an arid desert of burned glass.
Persons:
”, Davide Sulcanese
Locations:
Pescara, Italy, Venus