Venus has long been assumed to be uninhabitable: its thick carbon dioxide atmosphere is swirling with yellow clouds of strong sulfuric acid, and its surface is something out of a nightmare ...

Liquid droplets of concentrated sulfuric acid build the clouds of Venus. The acid concentrations in the droplets vary from 81% to 98% acid, with the rest being composed of water.

A new MIT study has now found that the building blocks of life are surprisingly stable in highly concentrated sulfuric acid – which Venus’ clouds happen to be made of. SUBSCRIBE.

Venus is often described as a hellscape. The surface temperature breaches the melting point of lead, and though its atmosphere is dominated by carbon dioxide, it contains enough sulfuric acid to ...

Hydrated sulfuric acid forms just above the clouds and it floats up where it releases more semiheavy water. The vapor tends to float back down, where it condenses again starting the cycle anew.

If we're looking for life as we don't know it, the best solvent out there may be concentrated sulfuric acid — the stuff that's floating around in the clouds of Venus.

The first-ever private mission Venus aims to search for signs of life in its clouds by detecting organic chemistry. It is slated to launch in 2025.

A future mission to Venus could include floating a cloud-catching device from a giant balloon in the planet’s sulfuric acid atmosphere, as shown in this illustration. W. Buchanan ...

Phosphine discovery on Venus could mean '10-20 percent' chance of life, scientists say. Claire Thornton. USA TODAY. ... but much more hot and full of corrosive sulfuric acid.

Most electronics wouldn’t survive the 462 °C heat, never mind the intense atmospheric pressure and sulfuric acid clouds. With this in mind, NASA has been experimenting with the concept of a ...

A new study has found that amino acids — the building blocks of proteins — remain stable in concentrated sulfuric acid, the stuff that Venus' clouds are made of.