Roadmap to the Exploration of Venus Habitability and its relevance to ESA's Envision mission science

On 9-13 February 2026, scientists met at the Lorentz Centre in Leiden, the Netherlands, to explore past and present conditions for habitability on Venus. The scientists established the state-of-the-art knowledge of the coevolution of the planet's surface, interior, and atmosphere through time enabling habitability. The objectives and ability of planned and candidate future Venus missions to address key habitability questions were assessed. An overview of the workshop objectives and discussions is provided in this video, and the outcome is being prepared as a peer-reviewed journal paper to be submitted soon. Credit: This video was produced by Lightcurve Films for the Lorentz Centre "Roadmap to the Exploration of Venus Habitability" workshop, 9-13 February 2026. The video production was funded by the European Astrobiology Institute. We are Europe's gateway to space. Our mission is to shape the development of Europe's space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world. Check out https://www.esa.int/ to get up to speed on everything space related. Copyright information about our videos is available here: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Te... #esa #envision