Venus clouds have captivated Earthlings for decades. They form a dazzling mirror that obscures the planet's surface and, in the 1950s, one Israeli scholar even speculated the clouds may hide a world ...

Four years ago, the unexpected discovery in the clouds of Venus of a gas that on Earth signifies life — phosphine — faced controversy, earning rebukes in subsequent observations that failed to match ...

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 ...

Reanalyzing old data with our modern understanding seems to be in vogue lately. However, the implications of that reanalysis are more impactful for some topics than for others. Subscribe to our ...

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There's something weird going on in the clouds of Venus. Scientists have known this for decades and have long been interested in studying the planet's atmosphere. Whereas the surface of Venus is a ...

Venus, often considered Earth’s twin due to its similar size and proximity, presents a starkly different environment characterized by extreme temperatures and atmospheric pressure. Amidst these harsh ...

Venus has long been called a dry, hellish planet veiled in clouds of liquid acid. But new study of old spacecraft data tells a different story—one that’s reshaping what scientists believed they knew ...

A new study focused on the clouds of Venus may dash hopes for finding life on Earth’s hellish neighbor. Last September, researchers sparked a media frenzy when they discovered a chemical called ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A new study is throwing cold water on the possibility of life in the clouds of Venus. Scientists from Europe and the U.S. reported Monday there isn’t nearly enough water vapor ...

A strange, gargantuan wall of acid-filled clouds on our neighboring planet Venus has been spotted by a hobbyist astronomer. This structure, known as the Venus Cloud Discontinuity, is around 5,000 ...

Venus' clouds have weird chemistry, which some suggest could potentially prove life on the second planet near the sun. But a recent analysis of the clouds of Venus claims otherwise. IN SPACE - JUNE 6: ...