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CTOnews.com, October 28 (Xinhua)-- Venus also had plate tectonics similar to Earth billions of years ago, according to a new study. This discovery provides a new perspective on the possibility of early life on Venus, the evolutionary history of Venus and the history of the solar system.

The study, led by the Brown University research team, is published in the journal Nature Astronomy. The team gained insight into Venus's atmospheric data, modeled what Venus looked like billions of years ago, and inferred and found traces of movement involving multiple plates.

On Earth, the movement of plates forms continents and mountains and stabilizes the temperature of the earth's surface, thus creating an environment more conducive to the development of life.

Venus is similar to Earth in many features, but its surface temperature is very high. One explanation is that Venus is in a "stagnant lid" state, with only one plate on its surface, and only a very small amount of release, motion and gas are released into the atmosphere.

The latest study insight into the content of nitrogen and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of Venus, and found that there were plate tectonics similar to Earth on Venus about 35-4.5 billion years ago, and its early plate movement was similar to that of Earth.

"an important conclusion is that we probably have two planets operating plate tectonic systems in the same solar system at the same time, a tectonic pattern that allows us to see life on Earth today," said Matt Weller, the lead author of the study.

This study supports the possibility of microbial life on ancient Venus.

CTOnews.com attached the reference address of this paper as follows: Weller, M.B., Evans, A.J., Ibarra, D.E. Et al. Venus's atmospheric nitrogen explained by ancient plate tectonics. Nat Astron (2023). Https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-023-02102-w

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