text: Venus at one time was also the closest thing to earth. In paragraph 4 it says "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." this is a worthy persuit because we can discover many things like how did it lose its water, did it used to have life, what event made it unhospitable, etc. To further more go into it the author says, "Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." Getting to know more about Venus could possibly let us know more about Earth itself.