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Hellish Venus-like planets may be more prevalent than true exoEarths

Phys · · 841 words · By Bruce Dorminey
Planetary Evolution Space Exploration Priorities Exoplanet Habitability

The article discusses preliminary research presented by Sean Jordan at the EGU26 conference, suggesting that Venus-like planets may be more common than Earth-like planets. It explores the challenges of detecting atmospheres on rocky exoplanets and emphasizes the importance of studying Venus to better understand planetary evolution.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://phys.org/news/2026-05-hellish-venus-planets-prevalent-true.html

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6 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Preliminary results of a study presented at the recent European Geosciences Union General Assembly in Vienna indicate that hellish Venus-type planets may be about twice as common as habitable planets that form with oceans.”
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The specific claim regarding the ratio of Venus-type planets to habitable planets is found in a single source (Universe Today). While other sources mention the EGU General Assembly, they do not corroborate this specific statistical finding.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lid tectonics, commonly thought of as stagnant lid tectonics or single lid tectonics, is the type of tectonics that is believed to exist on several silicate planets and moons in the Solar System, and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lid_tectonics
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Venus is the second planet from the Sun. Similar in size and mass to Earth, Venus has no liquid water, and its atmosphere is far thicker and denser than that of any other rocky body in the Solar Syste…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The surface of Venus is dominated by volcanic features and has more volcanoes than any other planet in the Solar System. It has a surface that is 90% basalt, and about 65% of the planet consists of a …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanism_on_Venus
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“Sean Jordan, a postdoctoral fellow in exoplanet studies at ETH Zurich in Switzerland”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of generic search results for the name 'Sean' and unrelated individuals (UFC fighters, athletes). There is no evidence in the provided text confirming Sean Jordan's role or affiliation with ETH Zurich.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Konrad Paul Körding (born 1973) is a German neuroscience professor at the University of Pennsylvania and co-founder of Neuromatch and the Community for Rigor. He is known for his contributions to the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad_Körding
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Noah Lyles (born July 18, 1997) is an American track and field sprinter who competes in the 60 meters, 100 meters and 200 meters events. His personal best of 19.31 seconds in the 200 m is the American…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah_Lyles
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sifan Hassan (Oromo: Siifan Hassan; born January 1993 in Ethiopia) is an Ethiopian-Dutch middle- and long-distance runner. She is most recognized for her versatility in running championship and world-…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sifan_Hassan
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“there are at least a few dozen that are considered potential extrasolar Venus-like planets. But none have been confirmed as such.”
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The claim that there are 'a few dozen' potential Venus-like planets but none confirmed is explicitly stated in the Universe Today article, but not corroborated by other independent sources in the provided evidence.
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web search NEUTRAL — As Jordan, the lead author of the study noted during his presentation, there are loads of rocky exoplanets since the galaxy is great at making rocks. And there are at least a few dozen that are consid…
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/hellish-venus-like-pl…
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web search NEUTRAL — An exoplanet or extrasolar planet is a planet outside the Solar System.A different planet, first detected in 1988, was confirmed in 2003. In 2016, it was recognized that the first possible evidence of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exoplanet
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web search NEUTRAL — "Oxygen is often considered a potential exoplanet biosignature because, on Earth today, it is almost entirely the result of photosynthetic life," Dr. Eddie Schwieterman, who is an Assistant Professor …
https://www.space.com/venus-exoplanets-find-habitable-worlds
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“We just happen to harbor a Venus that sits interior to our solar system's so-called habitable zone orbiting our sun, a G-2 yellow dwarf star”
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Wikipedia and NASA sources confirm Venus is the second planet from the Sun (interior to the habitable zone). The Sun is scientifically classified as a G2V yellow dwarf star, which is standard astronomical knowledge reflected in the context of the search results.
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web search NEUTRAL — Venus is the second planet from the Sun. Similar in size and mass to Earth, Venus has no liquid water, and its atmosphere is far thicker and denser than that of any other rocky body in the Solar Syste…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus
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web search NEUTRAL — May 14, 2026 · Facts About Venus Venus is the second planet from the Sun, and the sixth largest planet. It’s the hottest planet in our solar system. Venus is a cloud-swaddled planet and our nearest pl…
https://science.nasa.gov/venus/
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web search NEUTRAL — VENUS offers everything from best-selling swimwear like the Goddess Push-Up Halter Top (a favorite for 10 years and counting!) to RSVP-ready dresses, bold cover-ups, and vacation-ready styles designed…
https://www.venus.com/
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“extrasolar researchers are discovering rocky bodies in close orbits around red M-dwarf stars.”
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Multiple independent sources confirm the discovery of rocky planets orbiting red M-dwarf stars, including a specific mention of TESS findings and another report of two rocky super-Earths around a red dwarf.
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web search NEUTRAL — Exoplanet HIP 65426b is the first discovered planet around star HIP 65426.[42].However, for exoplanets that orbit close to their star, tidal forces from the star would lead to the outermost rings of a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exoplanet
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web search NEUTRAL — Rocky planets are found in abundance around M-type stars (red dwarfs), so finding another one doesn't always generate headlines. But an international team of astronomers say that one recent M-dwarf ro…
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/this-isnt-just-anothe…
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web search NEUTRAL — A red dwarf star just 105 light-years away may be hosting at least one habitable world. In close orbit around the cool, dim star, scientists have found and confirmed two rocky exoplanets – one comfort…
https://www.sciencealert.com/TWO-ROCKY-SUPER-EARTHS-DISCOVER…
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“Sean Jordan et al, The Diversity of Venus-like Atmospheres on Exoplanets, (2026). DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu26-12411”
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The provided evidence does not contain the specific paper title, DOI, or confirmation of a 2026 publication by Sean Jordan. The search results provided are generic or unrelated (e.g., YouTube, general Wikipedia entries on extraterrestrial life).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Extraterrestrial life, or alien life (colloquially aliens), is life that originates from another world rather than on Earth. No extraterrestrial life has yet been detected. Such life might range from …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraterrestrial_life
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A super-Earth is a type of exoplanet with a mass higher than Earth's, but substantially below those of the Solar System's ice giants, Uranus and Neptune, which are 14.5 and 17.1 times Earth's mass res…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super-Earth
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — TRAPPIST-1 (also known as 2MASS J23062928−0502285 or SPECULOOS-1) is a red dwarf star with seven known planets. It lies in the constellation Aquarius approximately 40.66 light-years (12.47 pc) away fr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRAPPIST-1
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