Has evidence of life been found in the clouds of Venus?
Detection of phosphine is perhaps the strongest evidence yet of life beyond Earth
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Keith Cooper is a freelance science journalist and the author of several books. He has a BSc in physics with astrophysics from the University of Manchester, UK. Keith has written regularly for Physics World since 2015, and has also written for Astronomy magazine, New Scientist, Sky at Night and Sky & Telescope, plus Space.com and Supercluster.com online. He was formerly the editor of Astronomy Now magazine. His books include The Contact Paradox: Challenging Our Assumptions in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (Bloomsbury Sigma 2019) and Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Science Fact (Reaktion Books, 2025).
Detection of phosphine is perhaps the strongest evidence yet of life beyond Earth
Read article: Has evidence of life been found in the clouds of Venus?
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"A titanic maelstrom of stars" is next on Keith Cooper's list of the greatest images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope during three decades of operations
Read article: Hubble’s best shots: The Antennae Galaxies
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Read article: Hubble’s best shots: NGC 1866, a great ball of stars