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With the dawn of a new decade, both NASA and the European Space Agency are set to embark on groundbreaking missions aimed at peeling back the layers of Venus's enigmatic atmosphere. NASA's DViNCi and VERITAS missions plan to delve into the greenhouse gas phenomena that dominate the planet's climate, and to gather data that could shed light on its composition and geologic history.
The European Space Agency's EnVision mission complements these efforts by focusing on Venus's surface and subsurface, analyzing geological activity that could further explain the planet's evolution. These endeavors will provide essential knowledge needed to ascertain whether Venus could have supported life billions of years ago and how its atmospheric conditions diverged sharply from Earth's.