When Jörn Helbert found out that a team of astronomers had discovered phosphine gas on Venus, he grew excited. Naturally occurring phosphine on Earth is only ever made by bacteria. Therefore, the ...

It could be atmospheric chemistry. Or pollution from unseen volcanoes. But there's a chance — a not insignificant chance — that scientists have made the first clear discovery of life beyond Earth.

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 ...

The debate over the habitability of Venus continues to burn as hot as the planet’s scorching temperatures. Astronomers have found signs of phosphine and other chemicals in the clouds of Venus while ...

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 ...

Venus is hot right now. Sorry; I don't want to sidetrack you into thinking about the planet's hellish surface, which is blistering enough to melt lead, nor evoke comparisons to the love goddess that ...

A new study has revealed that tectonic activity on Venus may have caused sections of the planet's upper crust to become fragmented into smaller bodies that, over vast swathes of time, barge past each ...

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 ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Last September, scientists reported trace amounts of phosphine gas ...