A new NASA mission to Venus could show there is life in the planet’s atmosphere which could widen the “parameters for how extreme life can exist”, according to ANU cosmologist and astrophysicist Dr Brad Tucker.
“We found signs in the past that maybe there’s something going on in its atmosphere so if there really is potential life in its atmosphere it is going to be completely different than anything we’ve ever thought about,” he told Sky News.
Dr Tucker said the life found would be different from anything on Earth and on Mars and said Venus’ “hellish landscape” would produce durable lifeforms.
“We should never mess with it because it’s going to be a lot stronger than us and better than us but it also means for the parameters for life just how extreme life can exist.”