I'm Obsessed With Venus Now. Here's Why

Active volcanism. Plate tectonics. Retaining the atmosphere without a magnetosphere. There's so much to learn about Venus! In this interview I'm discussing all these things with Dr Paul Byrne, Planetary Evangelist and Associate Professor of Earth and Planetary Science at Washington University in St. Louis

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00:00:00 Intro
00:01:14 Why Venus?
00:05:32 The big questions
00:08:03 Why so underexplored
00:20:13 Problems with the VERITAS mission
00:30:05 Vulcanism on Venus
00:46:07 Data for the future
00:47:50 No Magnetosphere but with atmosphere. Why?
00:54:20 Plate tectonics
00:58:59 Venus as an exoplanet
01:04:13 Venus sample return

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