Plate tectonics might be the key to why Venus had become the hell it is right now. Some think that it just never had it. But recent studies suggest that Venus did have plate tectonics at the same time Earth did. Why is it important? Figuring it out with Dr Matt Weller.

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00:00 Intro

01:23 How bad Venus really is

04:44 Plate tectonics

17:05 Will Earth follow Venus' fate

18:40 When was Venus habitable

20:54 How can we learn more

28:00 Finding similar things in exoplanets

32:35 Current obsessions

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