Exploring Venus: Earth's Mysterious Sister Planet

Venus, often known as Earth's 'sister planet,' holds mysteries beneath its thick, toxic clouds. Closer to the Sun, it spins backwards, with a day longer than its year.

Venus boasts a hellish landscape with scorching temperatures and crushing pressures. Its atmosphere, rich in carbon dioxide, traps heat in a runaway greenhouse effect.

With over 1,600 major volcanoes, Venus is a hotbed of geological activity. Although none are known to be erupting currently, the planet's surface is relatively young geologically.

Venus rotates on its axis very slowly, taking about 243 Earth days. Uniquely, it spins in the opposite direction of most planets, making the Sun rise in the west and set in the east.

Venus' skies rain sulfuric acid, but due to high surface temperatures, it evaporates before reaching the ground. This creates a bizarre cycle unlike anything on Earth.

In astrology, Venus governs love, beauty, and wealth. Its influence is said to shape romantic relations and financial prosperity, embodying the duality of physical desire and material abundance.

Despite harsh conditions, Venus has been visited by various spacecraft like NASA's Magellan, which mapped 98% of the planet's surface with radar imaging.

On Venus, a single day lasts nearly 117 Earth days because its rotation is slowed by the Sun's gravitational pull.