NASA is returning to Venus, where surface temperatures are 470°C. Will we find life when we get there?
- Written by Gail Iles, Senior Lecturer in Physics, RMIT University
ShutterstockNASA has selected two missions, dubbed DAVINCI+ and VERITAS, to study the “lost habitable” world of Venus. Each mission will receive approximately US$500 million for development and both are expected to launch between 2028 and 2030.
It had long been thought there was no life on Venus, due to its extremely high temperatures....





