Engineers are developing software for lighter-than-air spacecraft that might be able to explore the clouds of Venus, an environment that could harbour alien life. Balloon-based robot vehicles, such as ...

Can you smell what the rocky planet of Venus is cooking? Because it might be the alien life we’ve been trying so hard to find. Astronomers say they’ve detected a chemical in the Venusian clouds that ...

Researchers believe that there could be potential lifeforms producing ammonia in the clouds of Venus that are “very unlike anything we’ve seen”. The colourless gas, a compound of nitrogen and hydrogen ...

The strange makeup of Venus’s atmosphere does not appear to be explained by alien life, according to new research. Scientists have been debating for years whether Venus – our neighbouring planet – is ...

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. WASHINGTON — Scientists said on Monday they have detected in the harshly acidic clouds of Venus a gas called ...

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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 ...