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Scientists think life could exist on Venus
New research suggests Venus’ clouds may host microbial life—delivered from Earth’s impacts over billions of years.
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The Soviet Union launched nearly 30 spacecraft at Venus and became the only nation ever to land on its surface and send back pictures — color photographs of a scorched volcanic plain under a yellow-green sky, shot in the few dozen minutes before the heat
Renewed focus on Soviet Venus missions follows the discovery of a 1972 spacecraft that recently returned to Earth after decades in orbit.