However, two new findings have scientists buzzing. Astronomers have detected two gases in Venusian clouds that could be signs of life – phosphine and ammonia. On Earth, both phosphine and ...

In the hypothesis paper, they not only present multiple lines of evidence showing the venusian clouds could harbor extreme forms of life, but also show that airborne life on Venus would help ...

in the clouds of Venus. The announcement sparked a heated debate and a surge of follow-up studies, which have generally failed to spot the intriguing molecule in the Venusian atmosphere.

"The patterns and level of absorption shown by the combination of these two mineral phases are consistent with the dark UV-patches observed in Venusian clouds," paper co-author Clancy Zhijian ...

by SDO/NASA via Getty Images As per a news story by Space.com, the clouds of Venus aptly called the Venusian clouds are somewhat fascinating as it is a bit weird in terms of their chemistry.

And that brings us full circle to those sulfuric acid-laden Venusian clouds. Venus is often called Earth's sister planet, but is it also a celestial companion of cozy microbes? "These findings ...

Throw in clouds of sulfuric acid and a suffocating atmosphere of 96% carbon dioxide, and Venusian real estate is starting to look pretty cheap. But there’s a major problem that life might face ...

But achieving that goal will mean overcoming one of the most hostile environments in the solar system—the planet’s cloaking clouds are primarily made up of droplets of sulfuric acid.

All of these mysteries could be clues pointing to alien life in the Venusian clouds – or they could be a stack of coincidences, which future astrobiologists will one day use as a cautionary tale.

The Venusian skies are wrapped in opaque clouds of sulfuric acid that block visible light from reaching the surface. But as far back as the late 1970s, scientists observed that something in Venus ...

(Nanowerk News) What are the clouds of Venus made of? Scientists know it’s mainly made of sulfuric acid droplets, with some water, chlorine, and iron. Their concentrations vary with height in the ...

The dense Venusian clouds would hide any volcanic activity from a spacecraft in orbit. Specially honed instruments can certainly delve under the clouds, but the planet’s capricious weather tends ...