Venus seems an unusual place for life at first given that its surface can reach more than 400C (750F) and the pressure from the thick atmosphere is equivalent to standing at the bottom of Earth's oceans.
About 55 to 65km (34 to 40 miles) above the surface of Venus, however, temperatures and pressures are the most Earth-like of any location in the solar system outside of our own world.
It is here scientists think life could exist, as microbes floating in droplets among the clouds, burping out phosphine.
Venus seems an unusual place for life at first given that its surface can reach more than 400C (750F) and the pressure from the thick atmosphere is equivalent to standing at the bottom of Earth's oceans. About 55 to 65km (34 to 40 miles) above the surface of Venus, however, temperatures and pressures are the most Earth-like of any location in the solar system outside of our own world. It is here scientists think life could exist, as microbes floating in droplets among the clouds, burping out phosphine.
