O nouă cercetare explică de ce Venus nu are o lună. Ce s-a întâmplat? • Newsweek România

A recent study suggests that if Venus ever had a moon, it would likely have been destroyed due to gravitational interactions. Researchers from the University of California, Riverside, conducted simulations to explore the fate of a hypothetical moon orbiting Venus. They found that unlike Earth's moon, a moon around Venus would spiral inward and eventually be torn apart by the planet's gravity. The study indicates that a moon could have survived only under specific conditions, such as Venus rotating rapidly at the time of the moon's formation. Evidence of a lost moon may be difficult to find, but future missions like NASA's DAVINCI could provide insights into Venus's atmospheric composition, potentially revealing traces of a past moon.