EXPLAINED: Is Alien Life Detected On Planet Venus?

At a time when the world attention is centred on Coranavirus that has threatened the existence of human life, there is an exciting discovery hinting at the possibility of the presence of lifeforms on the neighbouring planet. The presence of phosphine indicates that microbes may inhabit Earth’s inhospitable neighbor, a tantalizing sign of potential life beyond Earth, as per the news agency Reuters. The international scientific team first spotted the phosphine using the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope in Hawaii and confirmed it using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array radio telescope in Chile.Phosphine – a phosphorus atom with three hydrogen atoms attached – is highly toxic to people. In fact, the findings are significant from the view of scientist community than the discovery of water on the Moon or Mars.Among other things that are known to us about Venus is the temperature of the planet is extremely high besides atmosphere is highly acidic that makes it impossible for life to sustain. “But a long time ago, Venus could have had life on its surface, before a runaway greenhouse effect left the majority of the planet completely uninhabitable,” emphasised Sousa-Silva.