They have even been found on Venus, which lacks a magnetic field; there they have formed from transient fields created by solar wind barreling into the planet’s atmosphere. Collectively ...

As Guinan points out, the area in Venus' atmosphere where such transferred life may exist is within a range from 28 to 37 miles (45 to 60 kilometers) above the planet's surface. This is a cloud ...

The strength of the magnetic field is 0.3 milligauss. For comparison, a typical refrigerator magnet has a magnetic field of about 1,000,000 milligauss. Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), S. Ohashi et al.

“We needed nine flybys (one at Earth, two at Venus, and six at Mercury ... and an off-center magnetic field in the planet. There’s still a lot about this curious world that scientists have ...