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# Venus likely swallowed its own moon, UCR study finds
- URL: https://www.raincrossgazette.com/noteworthy/venus-likely-swallowed-its-own-moon-ucr-study-finds/
- Published: 2026-09-15T19:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-22T14:08:00.000Z
- Author: Gazette Staff
- Tags: Education, #brief, #herald-noteworthy:6aa86cb1c88f8800013893bf:1

New UC Riverside research led by astrophysicist Stephen Kane finds Venus likely swallowed its own moon, as the planet's slow 243-day rotation would cause [a moon to spiral inward and crash into the surface](https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2026/09/14/venus-ate-its-moon?ref=raincrossgazette.com) rather than drift away like Earth's.