Image of Venus taken by NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft. Scientists have found that amino acids may remain stable in the conditions found in Venus's clouds.

The answer to whether tiny bacterial life-forms really do exist in the clouds of Venus could be revealed once and for all by a UK-backed mission.

The clouds of Venus are made of droplets, Clements said, but they’re not water droplets. There is water in them but also so much dissolved sulfur dioxide that they become extremely concentrated ...

From its name to its glow in the night sky, Venus has long been associated with beauty. But beneath its soft cloud cover lies one of the most hostile environments in our solar system. With surface ...

Scientists speculate that droplets in Venus’ clouds could potentially form a habitat where microbial life-forms could thrive, as depicted in this artist’s concept.

A new study has found that amino acids — the building blocks of proteins — remain stable in concentrated sulfuric acid, the stuff that Venus' clouds are made of.

Venus's Clouds May Contain Alien Life, Astrophysicists Say. Published Jul 18, 2024 at 2:37 PM EDT Updated Jul 19, 2024 at 9:15 AM EDT. By . Jess Thomson is a Newsweek Science Reporter based in ...

Venus, by contrast, can be considered Earth’s evil twin—almost identical in size and mass, albeit with thick sulfuric acid clouds and a broiling pressure-cooker climate with surface ...

Venus cloud discontinuity in 2022. The first long-term study with uninterrupted observations, Astronomy and Astrophysics. Editor’s note: ...

Researchers’ detection of two gases, phosphine and ammonia, in the clouds of Venus raises speculation about possible life forms in the planet’s atmosphere.