Explorando Venus

El aire de Venus es dióxido de carbono y su temperatura es de 870 grados F, lo que lo hace inhóspito para la vida humana. ¿Está la clave para instalarse aquí en sus nubes?

For more than 100 years astronomers have seen dark patches swirling in the clouds of Venus, visible only in ultraviolet light. Could there be life-forms thriving in the balmy zone 50km above the hellish surface? On Earth, researchers find life everywhere they look, including acid-loving bacteria that could easily live in Venus' air. How will the experts investigate this fascinating possibility?

Con temperaturas superficiales de Venus de 870 grados F, cualquier cosa que enviáramos allí se derretiría. ¿Qué hizo que Venus fuera así y cómo podemos aprender sobre ello?

Venus is virtually a twin of Earth in size, mass and composition; much more like our planet than is Mars. Yet it has gone down a completely different - and deadly - evolutionary path. Experts share valuable lessons from Venus on the origins of life, acid rain, ozone loss, global warming and other questions. They make the passionate case for further exploring Earth's "evil twin sister."