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 ...

"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 ...

We could be one step closer to discovering aliens as scientists unveil a new mission set to take place to establish whether alien lifeforms exist on Venus. Although Venus is described as one of the ...

But Venus' skies still remain a possible abode for alien microbes. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. New experiments may have ...

"We're trying to look into the possibility that sulfuric acid droplets could host a biochemistry, not our personal biochemistry, but a different biochemistry." When you purchase through links on our ...

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 ...

Scientists have given a stark warning to anyone hoping that Venus might once have been home to alien life: stop. For decades, astronomers have speculated that our closest neighbour might once have ...

Scientists have spotted two gases in Venus's atmosphere that may be the fingerprints of life on our hostile neighbor. Phosphine gas and ammonia gas have been detected in the planet's thick, hot ...

The presence of apparent biological signatures on Venus has left UK-based researchers chasing down bacterial life in the planet's clouds. Reading time 2 minutes A UK-based mission is aiming to settle, ...

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 ...