[Interview] 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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