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New study presented at the 2026 Lunar and Planetary Science Conference explores the possibility that terrestrial microbes could have been transported to Venus


Up Next Scientists now believe life may be found on the notoriously inhospitable planet of Venus – but they believe it will have come from much closer to home. It has long been debated whether life can travel between planets, carried through space on asteroids, comets and other celestial objects.

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