There is a chance that we have detected some kind of living organisms in the clouds of Venus.

And there was yet another exciting discovery on Venus that will explore this week on planetary radio.

Welcome, I'm at Kaplan of the Planetary Society, with more of the human adventure across our solar system and beyond.

In a few moments I'll share with you highlights of the September 14 media briefing that came

from the Royal Astronomical Society.

As space fans, you've probably heard the news.

A gas that on Earth is only produced naturally by living organisms has apparently been found in the clouds above Venus.

We'll follow these excerpts with our own Casey Dreyer who has written a brilliant article putting this finding in context.

Then we'll welcome back astrophysicist and Venusian atmospheric expert Javier Peralta.

Avir is also excited about this discovery, but he led research that has revealed another amazing feature on Venus.

Yeah, all that, and we'll still have this week's What's Up to look forward to.

How can there be rust on the moon? Good question, but it has

been found there. That's the lead story in the September 11 edition of the Downlink, the Planetary Society's weekly newsletter.

You can also read about engineers finishing their work to reshape and resurface

the Big Mirror for NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, the one previously known as W first.

And there's a terrific accomplishment by China's Changi III Lander.

It is still returning data from the moon seven years after its arrival.

Scientists just published new findings about the layers of rock the probe is sitting on.

As always there's much more waiting for you at planetary.org-slash downlink.

There was so much buzz in the days leading up to that RAS briefing on Monday the 14th.

Some of our space journalism colleagues who had been tipped off could barely contain themselves.

The big announcement did not disappoint.

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