Articles for tag: planets, Venus

Atmospheric Tides and Rotational Coupling

Why Venus Spins in Reverse: A Planetary Mystery

Annette Uy

Picture our solar system as a cosmic dance floor where every planet waltzes around the Sun in perfect harmony. Now imagine one dancer suddenly spinning backwards while everyone else moves forward. That’s exactly what Venus does – our neighboring planet rotates in the opposite direction to almost every other world in our solar system. This ...

Oceans on Venus: A Radical Possibility

What If Venus Was Once a Lush, Earth-Like World?

Annette Uy

Imagine looking up at the night sky and realizing that the brightest planet, Venus, was once not the hellish inferno it is today, but a vibrant sister world teeming with clouds, oceans, and maybe even life. It’s a thought that sends shivers down the spine. Could our closest planetary neighbor have once been a paradise ...