New research is focusing on the sulfuric-acid clouds of Venus as a potential abode for life. The new Venus study calls for the start of a new branch of astrobiology and a new branch of organic ...

New experiments may have solved one of Venus' biggest mysteries. Astrochemists have found that iron-bearing minerals are potentially the mysterious ultraviolet-absorbing substance in the clouds that ...

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

"Venus is a hellish place of high temperatures and crushing air pressure," scientists once said in describing conditions on the second planet from the sun, but apparently its clouds contain the right ...

James Webb Telescope: The most ambitious and powerful space observatory ever built is set to launch Researchers believe that there could be potential lifeforms producing ammonia in the clouds of Venus ...

For decades, when people have imagined alien life, their minds have drifted to Mars or distant exoplanets far beyond our solar system. Venus rarely gets a mention, mostly because it seems completely ...

New images and data from ESA’s mission to Venus provide new insights into the turbulent and noxious atmosphere of Earth’s sister planet. What causes violent winds and turbulences? Is the surface ...

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Data from NASA's Magellan spacecraft and Pioneer Venus Orbiter is used in an undated composite image of the planet Venus. [Reuters] Scientists said on Monday they have detected in the harshly acidic ...