Venus used to be known as Earth’s twin. It was believed Venus would be covered with oceans and lush vegetation—after all Earth and Venus are a similar size and distance from the Sun.
However in 1950, Immanuel Velikovsky published “Worlds in Collision”. He proposed that Venus entered the inner solar system as a cometary body—appearing as a terrifying Specter in the Sky to our prehistoric ancestors. He also predicted space probes would find a hellish landscape on Venus—with extraordinarily hot, nearly incandescent surface temperatures. The Venera and Mariner missions to Venus proved these predictions correct by the late 1960s.
In December 2024, a University of Cambridge paper details how the volcanic resupply to Venus’s atmosphere indicates that the planet has never been liquid-water habitable. In fact, it suggests Venus has always been drier than a bone.
Independent researcher Stuart Talbott juxtaposes mythological tales with scientific facts to present a comprehensive review of Venus and its place within our solar system.
