The answer to whether tiny bacterial life-forms really do exist in the clouds of Venus could be revealed once and for all by a UK-backed mission. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech ...

Venus, the second planet from the Sun, has a thick, opaque atmosphere, preventing optical-based telescopes and orbiting space probes from observing its surface. This didn't prevent Earth's scientists ...

"We therefore caution against the use of phosphine as a biosignature until these discrepancies are resolved." The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered phosphine in the atmosphere of a ...