You'll not believe what happens when you mix sugar and sulfuric acid together I toured the White House to see Melania Trump's Christmas decorations. The East Wing is no more, but the display was still ...

Venus may be a hellscape by our standards, but there’s a chance that some forms of life could evolve there. A new MIT study has now found that the building blocks of life are surprisingly stable in ...

If Venus hosts lifeforms in its toxic clouds, they likely won't be deprived of amino acids, one of the essential building blocks of life (as we know it). At least, that's what scientists say is the ...

Our nearest planetary neighbor may be more friendly to life than we previously thought. Venus has long been assumed to be uninhabitable: its thick carbon dioxide atmosphere is swirling with yellow ...

Molecules released by trees can seed clouds, two experiments have revealed. The findings, published on May 25 in Nature and Science, run contrary to an assumption that the pollutant sulphuric acid is ...

Measurements in a forest reveal a previously unknown atmospheric oxidant that acts as a source of sulphuric acid — one of the main precursors for the formation and growth of aerosol particles and ...

Here’s a terrifying and fascinating chemical reaction to start your Monday right. In a slow-motion video, sulfuric acid rips apart a sponge. We’ll let you admire the show, and explain what’s happening ...