Did Venus ever have oceans to support life, or was it 'born hot'?

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New research suggests that Venus may never have possessed liquid water oceans. That would mean "Earth's evil twin" was always hostile to life.

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A number of space probes have indicated the presence of granite in the mountains of Venus. Since granite can only form in the presence of water, I am sticking with what is the most rationale history. That Venus had oceans and lost them when its mag field was lost :


"In Search of an Ancient Global Magnetic Field on Venus"

NASA Astrobiology

In Search of an Ancient Global Magnetic Field on Venus The crust of Venus could contain minerals that would tell us whether or not the planet once had a global magnetic field.

astrobiology.nasa.gov