What would happen if a human went to Venus?

The atmosphere of Venus is very hot and thick. You would not survive a visit to the surface of the planet - you couldn't breathe the air, you would be crushed by the enormous weight of the atmosphere, and you would burn up in surface temperatures high enough to melt lead.
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What would happen to a human being on Venus?

Venus is notoriously toxic and excruciatingly hot. A thick, extremely acidic cloud layer enshrouds the rocky planet, trapping so much heat that the surface reaches nearly 900 degrees Fahrenheit. That's more than hot enough to melt lead.
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Can humans survive on Venus?

The temperature on the surface of Venus is exceptionally hot, and no life could survive there.
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How long is a year on Venus?

Venus rotates very slowly on its axis – one day on Venus lasts 243 Earth days. The planet orbits the Sun faster than Earth, however, so one year on Venus takes only about 225 Earth days, making a Venusian day longer than its year!
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What planet can humans live on?

Kepler-62e and Kepler-62f are thought capable of hosting life. The planet Kepler-69c is located about 2,700 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus. This is an illustration of the planet, which is the smallest yet found to orbit in the habitable zone of a sun-like star.
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Is it safe to look at Venus?

It is extremely dangerous and not worth the risk of accidentally blinding yourself and causing permanent eye damage. Venus should be viewed when located safely away from the Sun, like during its elongations. Of course, you'll have the best views of Venus after the Sun sets or before it rises.
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Are humans crushed on Venus?

The atmosphere of Venus is very hot and thick. You would not survive a visit to the surface of the planet - you couldn't breathe the air, you would be crushed by the enormous weight of the atmosphere, and you would burn up in surface temperatures high enough to melt lead.
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Can Venus be cooled?

Venus could also be cooled by placing reflectors in the atmosphere. Reflective balloons floating in the upper atmosphere could create shade.
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Does it rain on Venus?

The most acidic rain in the Solar System is found on the planet Venus, where the working fluid in the cycle of evaporation, condensation and precipitation is a sulphuric acid solution (rather than water, as on Earth).
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Why did Venus lose its oceans?

At Venus, the solar wind strikes the upper atmosphere and carries off particles into space. Planetary scientists think that the planet has lost part of its water in this way over the four and a half thousand million years since the planet's birth.
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What if Venus had a moon?

If Earth had been orbited by a low flying potato shaped body, things would have been quite different. If Venus had a moon, we should suppose the system would look a lot like the Earth - Moon system : so close to the sun, it would be unlikely to have a moon forming far from the planet like in the outer solar system.
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What planets can you walk on?

Summary. In the Solar System, it would be possible for humans to walk on the terrestrial planets: Mercury, Venus, and Mars.
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What do the planets smell like?

Some regions have high concentrations of ammonia (which smells like cleaning fluid), others hydrogen sulphide (eggs) and others hydrogen cyanide (bitter almonds). Saturn and Neptune probably don't have much of a smell because they're composed chiefly of the odourless gases hydrogen and helium.
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Can you survive on Neptune?

Neptune's environment is not conducive to life as we know it. The temperatures, pressures, and materials that characterize this planet are most likely too extreme and volatile for organisms to adapt to.
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How hot is Venus?

It appears that the surface temperature ranges from about 820 degrees to nearly 900 degrees F. The average surface temperature is 847 degrees F., hot enough to melt lead.
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What color is Venus?

Viewed through a telescope, Venus presents a brilliant yellow-white, essentially featureless face to the observer. Its obscured appearance results from the surface of the planet being hidden from sight by a continuous and permanent cover of clouds. Features in the clouds are difficult to see in visible light.
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What planet rains diamonds?

Deep within Neptune and Uranus, it rains diamonds—or so astronomers and physicists have suspected for nearly 40 years. The outer planets of our Solar System are hard to study, however. Only a single space mission, Voyager 2, has flown by to reveal some of their secrets, so diamond rain has remained only a hypothesis.
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Does space have a end?

No, they don't believe there's an end to space. However, we can only see a certain volume of all that's out there. Since the universe is 13.8 billion years old, light from a galaxy more than 13.8 billion light-years away hasn't had time to reach us yet, so we have no way of knowing such a galaxy exists.
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What does space taste like?

In 2009, astronomers were able to identify a chemical called ethyl formate in a big dust cloud at the center of the Milky Way. Ethyl formate happens to be responsible for the flavor of raspberries (it also smells like rum). Space tastes like raspberries!
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Can you survive on Uranus?

Uranus' environment is not conducive to life as we know it. The temperatures, pressures, and materials that characterize this planet are most likely too extreme and volatile for organisms to adapt to.
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What happens if you try to land on Jupiter?

Jupiter is made of mostly hydrogen and helium gas. So, trying to land on it would be like trying to land on a cloud here on Earth. There's no outer crust to break your fall on Jupiter. Just an endless stretch of atmosphere.
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What if Earth had rings?

At the equator, the rings would appear to divide the sun, casting a dramatic shadow over half the world. Likewise, the rings themselves would cast shadows on Earth.
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