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Morningstar [7] [8] or Venus Life Finder is a planned uncrewed spacecraft to Venus designed to detect signs of life in the Venusian atmosphere. [5] Slated to be the first private mission to another planet, [9] the spacecraft is being developed by Rocket Lab in collaboration with a team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. [10]
The possibility of life on Venus is a subject of interest in astrobiology due to Venus' proximity and similarities to Earth. To date, no definitive evidence has been found of past or present life there. In the early 1960s, studies conducted via spacecraft demonstrated that the current Venusian environment is extreme compared to Earth's.
Millions of space nerds reacted with joy Monday to a study showing the atmosphere of Venus contains phosphine, a chemical byproduct of biological life. Now best remembered as the presenter of the ...
Researchers’ detection of two gases, phosphine and ammonia, in the clouds of Venus raises speculation about possible life forms in the planet’s atmosphere.
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Venus Life Finder: January 2025 Private Venus atmospheric probe by Rocket Lab [1] Nova-C IM-2: February 2025 Lunar lander [2] Odin (Brokkr-2) February 2025 First commercial asteroid fly-by mission by AstroForge, rideshare of the IM-2 mission. The target is 2022 OB5. [3] [4] Lunar Trailblazer: February 2025 Lunar orbiter, a secondary payload on ...
Astronomers have found a potential sign of life high in the atmosphere of neighboring Venus: hints there may be bizarre microbes living in the sulfuric acid-laden clouds of the hothouse planet.
Missions to Venus constitute part of the exploration of Venus. The Soviet Union , followed by the United States , have soft landed probes on the surface. Venera 7 was the first lander overall and first for the Soviet Union, touching down on 15 December 1970.