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Did Venus Eat Its Own Moon?

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Scientists may finally know why Venus, Earth's twin, lacks a moon, finding that the hottest planet in the solar system may have consumed its own natural satellite.

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Venus, our closest neighbour, never had a known moon, but a new study suggests that she may have had one... before she destroyed it herself.

Often regarded as a twin of the Earth, Venus does not have a Moon. New work suggests that it may have had a satellite, destroyed very early in the history of the planet. The planet Venus has many points in common with the Earth: a similar size, a rock composition that there

Scientists have long puzzled over why Venus, which is so similar to Earth, does not have its own satellite. Now researchers believe that Venus did have a satellite after all.

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