Powerful 'Electric Wind' Sucked Venus' Oxygen into Space

Venus has an "electric wind" strong enough to strip water's building blocks from the planet's atmosphere and fling them into space, new research suggests. Venus is known for its hellish temperatures, which average 860 degrees Fahrenheit (460 degrees Celsius) — more than hot enough to boil oceans on its surface and turn them into steam. Previous research suggested that early Venus may have had enough water for oceans on its surface, but today, there is little evidence of steam in its atmosp