Search For Life Beyond Earth Takes Surprising Turn To Venus

false-color image of Venus
This false-color image of Venus was taken by the ultraviolet light imager on Japan’s Akatsuki spacecraft, currently operating at Venus.
Credit: JAXA/ISAS/DARTS/Damia Bouic
The search for habitable environments beyond Earth has led to Mars, several moons of outer Solar System planets and Ceres, the largest body in the main asteroid belt. Now a new discovery has scientists looking at Earth’s nearest neighbor, Venus, which could be harboring life in its clouds. High...

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