text: The author stated Venus is offten referred to as Earth's "twin", and that it is sometimes one of the closest planets to Earth besides Mars. Venus is also called the "Evening Star", because sometime you can see it from Earth. The tempatures on Earth and Venus are very differant, although the author thinks that at one point, Venus could of had living people, oceans, and could of been very close to how Earth is now. Venus still has features that make it similar to Earth.