“Building blocks of life” could exist in Venus clouds. Unlike the sweltering and uninhabitable surface of Venus, temperatures in the planet's cloud layer are milder.
If there is life in the solar system beyond Earth, it could be found in the clouds of Venus. “This work advances the idea that Venus’ clouds may contain complex chemicals necessary for life,” study author Sara Seager emphasizes. The first largely privately funded mission backed by California space company Rocket Lab aims to send a spacecraft through Venus' clouds.