text: The author gives us information that we have already learned about Venus. In the text the author writes, "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth". This sentence from the article helps support the claim by telling us information to help support why we should explore. The sentence also helps support the claim by telling that the planet could have been like earth a long time ago which shows it might be habitable if we can learn to control the dangers.