Slow spin could explain why planets become hellish

Hundreds of Venus-like exoplanets could help answer why some worlds become sweltering greenhouse hellscapes while others remain habitable. But Phys.org reports scientists first need to know how fast these planets are spinning — and they suspect rotation speed, particularly slow rotation, could explain the difference.

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