August 16, 2010:Â For the next few months, Venus will be softly resplendent in the evening sky, a treat for stargazers â but looks can be deceiving. Consider this: The Venusian surface is hot enough to melt lead. The planet's 96% carbon dioxide atmosphere is thick and steamy with a corrosive mist of sulfuric acid floating through it. The terrain is forbidding, strewn with craters and volcanic cald
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