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Do the clouds of Venus really host life?
The atmosphere itself is… not so fine. It's mostly carbon dioxide, which hey, it's what plants crave, but also a lot of ...
Toronto Life25d
“I like to think someone’s out there waiting for us”: Meet the astrophysicist looking for alien life in the clouds of Venus
After a groundbreaking discovery that found possible evidence of life in Venus’s acidic skies, Toronto-born Sara Seager is leading a robot mission to the planet ...
Astronomy on MSN5d
June 2025: What’s in the sky this month? Titan’s shadow transits Saturn, and Mercury meets with Jupiter in the evening
Jupiter joins Mercury in early twilight as Mars lingers with Leo after dark. Saturn is visible in the morning, meeting ...
National Geographic news16d
NASA will head to Venus for first time in roughly 30 years
One spacecraft, called DAVINCI+, will study the planet’s toxic atmosphere—a thick shroud of carbon dioxide and sulfuric acid clouds ... DAVINCI+ studies the Venusian shroud, the Venus ...
The Independent29d
What we know about the Soviet spacecraft returning to Earth this week
Because it was designed to withstand Venusian conditions ... Venus was a target of interest because its thick clouds might be hiding life on the surface. But the spacecraft were also Cold War ...
Astronomy28d
More than 50 years later, a failed Soviet spacecraft is about to return to Earth
Because it was designed to withstand Venusian conditions ... Venus was a target of interest because its thick clouds might be hiding life on the surface. But the spacecraft were also Cold War ...
Yahoo News Canada29d
What we know about the Soviet spacecraft returning to Earth this week
Because it was designed to withstand Venusian conditions, many think the lander may make planetfall on Earth instead of incinerating in the atmosphere. And that is expected to happen this week. Venus ...