Third Pod from the Sun | 25 November 2022
28-Fire: Does a planet need life for fire to burn?
Think about what types of things burn: wood, grasses, fossil fuels… mostly things that were formed by life. Fire...
AGU Fall Meeting 2021 | 16 December 2021
Atmospheric O2 as a Constraint on Venus' Potentially Habitable Past
Alexandra Warren + Edwin S Kite
Venus is the most Earth-like planet in our Solar System. Understanding why Venus’ evolution was so different from the Earth’s, and the implications this might have for terrestrial...
AGU Fall Meeting 2021 | 16 December 2021
Surprising Similarities: Comparing the Transit Spectra of Potential Earth-like and Venus-like Exoplanets
Colby Michael Ostberg + Kane + Paul A. Dalba
Venus is a vital resource for understanding how Earth developed and maintained its current habitable state. Venus’ importance derives from its climate being the antithesis...
AGU Fall Meeting 2021 | 16 December 2021
Venus Cloud Explorer: A New Frontiers Class Mission to Explore the Habitability of Venus
Kevin H Baines + James A Cutts + Leonard I Dorsky
A comprehensive exploration of the habitability of Venus involves investigations of conditions during the early history of the planet, during which the planet may have had...
AGU Fall Meeting 2021 | 16 December 2021
Could the Migration of Jupiter have Accelerated the Atmospheric Evolution of Venus?
Kane + Fran Pozuelos + Jonathan Horner Horner ...
In the study of planetary habitability and terrestrial atmospheric evolution, the divergence of surface conditions for Venus and Earth remains an area of active research....