Exploring Venus: Earth's Fiery Sister Planet

Venus, often called Earth's sister planet due to its similar size, has a dense atmosphere mainly composed of carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and sulfuric acid droplets. This creates a greenhouse effect, leading to extreme surface temperatures that can melt lead. Various spacecraft have explored Venus, revealing its surface features like canyons and volcanoes. Interestingly, a day on Venus is longer than its year, taking 8 Earth months to rotate on its axis but only 7 months to orbit the sun.

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