With extreme surface temperatures reaching nearly 735 K (462 °C; 863 °F) and an atmospheric pressure 92 times that of Earth, the conditions on Venus make water-based life as we know it unlikely on the surface of the planet.

Jul 29, 2024 · Researchers’ detection of two gases, phosphine and ammonia, in the clouds of Venus raises speculation about possible life forms in the planet’s atmosphere.

Jan 16, 2025 · As Guinan points out, the area in Venus' atmosphere where such transferred life may exist is within a range from 28 to 37 miles (45 to 60 kilometers) above the planet's surface. This is a cloud ...

Mar 28, 2024 · Some of the building blocks of life are surprisingly stable in Venus-like conditions, according to a new lab experiment.

Sep 14, 2020 · Astronomers at MIT, Cardiff University, and elsewhere may have observed signs of life in the atmosphere of Venus. If the evidence, indicating the presence of the molecule phosphine, is indeed associated with life, it must be some sort of …

Jul 28, 2023 · Is there life on Venus? Was our planetary neighbor ever inhabited? Here are the answers to your most pressing questions about the possibility of alien…

Aug 2, 2024 · Venus seems like an unlikely place to find life due to its blisteringly hot surface temperatures sufficient to melt lead and its fearsome surface pressure.

Sep 15, 2020 · Traces of a rare molecule known as phosphine have been found in the hellish, heavily acidic atmosphere of Venus, astronomers announced Monday — providing a tantalizing clue about the possibility...

Aug 11, 2016 · Venus may have had a shallow liquid-water ocean and habitable surface temperatures for up to 2 billion years of its early history, according to computer modeling of the planet’s ancient climate by scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for …

Jun 30, 2021 · The amount of water in the atmosphere of Venus is so low that even the most drought-tolerant of Earth’s microbes wouldn’t be able to survive there, a new study has found.