Venus is about 4.6 billion years old, having formed around the same time as the rest of the Solar System from a spinning cloud of gas and dust
. While the planet itself is this old, its surface appears much younger, estimated to be only about 300 to 600 million years old due to volcanic resurfacing that has erased older impact craters
. This resurfacing is thought to be driven by internal heat and volcanic activity rather than plate tectonics, which Venus lacks
