Venus Moves. I’m Still Stuck Here.

I spent three hours last night staring at Magellan data, trying to convince myself that Venus is alive, that all this shifting and rumbling means something. The press release says it’s a breakthrough—Earth’s twin isn’t dead, just hiding its motion under crushing heat and clouds. But I’m not sure what’s moving more: the planet, or the goalposts for what counts as progress. My advisor says this is the kind of discovery that gets you noticed. But the only thing I notice is how my coffee tastes like burnt hope, and how the gravity maps blur when I blink too long. I used to think every new corona was a clue. Now, it’s just another crater I can’t fill. Venus keeps reshaping itself. I keep rerunning the same analysis, waiting for something to crack—on the surface, or in me. #ScienceFatigue #ImposterInTheRoom #LabBurnout #Science