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It rains sulfuric acid on Venus, but the surface is so hot—hot enough to liquify lead—that this rain evaporates before it even hits the ground. But the cloud layer is oddly temperate. This is where Rocket Lab's "Venus Life Finder" mission, launching next Summer, will search for organic chemistry.


It rains sulfuric acid on Venus, but the surface is so hot — hot enough to liquify lead, in fact — that this rain evaporates before it ever hits the ground. But the cloud layer is oddly temperate, and this is where Rocket Lab will hope to find life.

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