If venusian clouds contain life, it will be very different than what we know. But terrestrial analogs might still give us ...

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 ...

Some scientists think alien life could thrive in the clouds of Venus, seen here by Japan's Akatsuki spacecraft. | Credit: JAXA Life as we know it needs water, but life as we don't know it may run ...

Finding extraterrestrial life in any form would be truly one of ... to the concentrations of sulfuric acid usually found on Venus, at 98% and 81%, with the rest being water. Of these, 11 were ...

One of the holy grails of modern astronomy is finding life on an alien planet ... In our solar system, Venus is near the inner edge of the habitable zone, and its surface reaches temperatures ...

akin to Venus. Such planets can be deprioritized in the search for life. Conversely, the absence of significant sulfur dioxide may indicate a planet worth further observation for signs of water ...

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For example, from great distances, it's very difficult to tell Earth (inhabited) apart from Venus (uninhabited and outright hostile to life). Their atmospheric spectra are just too similar when ...

If a planet has a lot of water vapor, it might have a good chance of hosting life as well. But even a search for water has difficulties. For example, from great distances, it's very difficult to tell ...