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Life on Venus? Here’s what new evidence of phosphine in clouds indicates

Scientists in 2020 detected the presence of phosphine gas in the clouds of Venus. That discovery led to much debate and excitement about the presence of life on Venus given that phosphine is a molecule associated with biological activity on Earth. In an exciting development, Jane Greaves and her team have detected phosphine at deeper level in Venus' atmosphere than …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Clouds of Venus too dry to support life, study finds 研究发现金星云层太干无法维持生命

China Daily

Clouds of Venus too dry to support life, study finds 研究发现金星云层太干无法维持生命 Play audio file 英国贝尔法斯特女王大学带领的一支国际研究团队认为，由于金星的云层实在太干燥，生命不可能存在于那里。 It’s an audacious idea: the notion that microorganisms could be floating through the atmosphere of Venus. 但人们需要对金星大气层中为什么存在磷化氢作出解释。在地球上，这种气体与生命息息相关，与某些动物，比如企鹅肠道内的微生物有关。 This new study, however, finds that whatever the source of phosphine, it’s highly unlikely to be microorganisms – because there simply isn’t enough water in the clouds to …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Life on Venus? Mystery chemical on planet may come from volcanoes

India Today

A mysterious chemical signature, detected in 2020, in the skies of Venus had created a new buzz around the planet as scientists speculated it could be signs of microbial life in the thick atmosphere. Volcanic activity could be triggering phosphine Researchers said that volcanic eruptions from the surface could bring phosphorous loaded compounds from the deep layers of the surface …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Clouds of Venus ‘too dry’ to support life, say researchers after phosphine theory

Hindustan Times

Months after a study suggested the idea of life floating in the clouds of planet Venus, an international team of researchers led from Queen's University Belfast, UK, has dismissed such a possibility. The Belfast researchers assessed the conditions in the clouds of Venus that are mostly sulphuric acid with a tiny fraction of water. “Our research shows that the sulphuric …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Clouds of uncertainty: Scientists claim to have spotted signs of life on Venus but sceptics prevail

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Venus’ surface is a hellish place with temperatures well over 800 degrees Fahrenheit but it could’ve been much more like Earth today, with oceans and a moderate climate A team of astronomers made a blockbuster claim in the fall. Clara Sousa-Silva, a research scientist at the Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and one of the authors of the Nature …

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4 years, 1 month ago

Gaseous signs of life on Venus aren't seen in follow-up observations

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Last month, the science world was stunned and excited when Nature Astronomy published a paper indicating that the atmosphere of Venus appeared to contain trace amounts of phosphine, a gas associated with anaerobic bacteria on Earth that would be near-impossible to produce in any other fashion on Venus. However, the TEXES spectrographic data looked at the cloud tops of Venus, …

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4 years, 2 months ago

After phosphine, Indian researchers now discover amino acid glycine in Venus' atmosphere

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There are some 500 known amino acids, only 20% of which are encoded for, in living organisms. A team of researchers has claimed to have discovered glycine – an amino acid molecule that forms proteins in living organisms – in the atmosphere of Venus. Lead author of the study Arijit Manna, a PhD Research Scholar from the department of Physics …

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4 years, 2 months ago

Alien Life on Venus Could Be Confirmed by a Spacecraft Flying Past the Planet This Week

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Last month, researchers reported that Earth’s neighbouring planet Venus exhibited possible signs of life after astronomers discovered phosphine gas in its atmosphere. Jörn Helbert of the German Aerospace Center’s Institute of Planetary Research in Berlin, who works on a BepiColombo instrument called the Mercury Radiometer and Thermal Infrared Spectrometer, was excited after the news of phosphine gas in Venus broke …

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4 years, 2 months ago

Why future missions to Venus will not be as easy as they look

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On 14 September, the entire world was waiting for the Royal Astronomical Society’s impending announcement on Venus. One proposed mission is India’s Shukrayaan-1—an Indian Space Research Organisation orbiter that will aim to study the planet’s surface and atmosphere. According to an official statement, the VERITAS spacecraft, proposed for a 2026 launch, would orbit Venus and peer through the planet’s obscuring …

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4 years, 3 months ago

The Hindu Explains | What does the detected presence of phosphine on Venus mean?

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The story so far: An international team of astronomers led by Jane S. Greaves of Cardiff University and University of Cambridge, U.K., has announced the discovery of traces of a molecule known as phosphine on Venus. Professor Greaves first observed phosphine on Venus using the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope in the Mauna Kea observatory in Hawaii in 2017. The detected …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Russians Claim Venus As Their Planet After Signs of Alien Life Discovered

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Days after scientists found that there may potentially be aliens on Earth’s closest neighbor Venus, Russia has claimed autonomy on the planet. Russian space agency chief, Dmitry Rogozin, called Venus a “Russian planet” at an industry exhibition taking place in Moscow. Rogozin also announced plans to launch an independent Russian expedition to Venus “without involving wide international cooperation.” The expedition …

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54 years, 11 months ago

Phosphine discovery could threaten Venus.

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On Monday morning, the world learned of an exciting discovery: a whiff of phosphine, one of the universe’s most odious substances, detected in the atmosphere of Venus. But that’s exactly what would make finding phosphine on Venus exciting, if the finding holds up: On temperate, terrestrial worlds, phosphine doesn’t form easily, and at least on Earth, it’s only found in …

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4 years, 3 months ago

'Time to Prioritize Venus', Says NASA Chief After Incredible Discovery of Phosphine on the Planet

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NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has called for prioritising Venus after astronomers detected sign of alien life in the atmosphere of the planet. The discovery of phosphine, a by-product of anaerobic biology, is the most significant development yet in building the case for life off Earth,” Bridenstine said in a tweet on Monday. “About 10 years ago NASA discovered microbial life …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Does Phosphine Mean Alien Life on Venus? Breaking Down the Science Behind Stunning Discovery

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Nothing about 2020 surprises us anymore. Scientists said on Monday that they have detected in the harshly acidic clouds of Venus, a gas called phosphine, that indicates microbes may inhabit Earth’s inhospitable neighbour, a tantalizing sign of potential life beyond Earth. It also means that life itself must be very common, and there must be many other inhabited planets throughout …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Carl Sagan Had Predicted Life on Venus Before Humans Had Even Landed on the Moon

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There may be life on Venus after all. In March, 1961, Sagan in a paper published in Nature, called ‘The Planet Venus,’ summarized how “recent observations shed light on the atmosphere, surface and possible biology of the nearest planet.” “The planet Venus is enshrouded by clouds which prevent telescopic examination of its surface. If life based upon carbon-hydrogen-oxygennitrogen chemistry ever …

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4 years, 3 months ago

EXPLAINED: Is Alien Life Detected On Planet Venus?

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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 …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Is there life on Venus? Scientists say maybe

Live Mint

An international group of scientists reported the detection of small quantities of a gas in the atmosphere of Venus they believe could be a sign of biological life on the often-overlooked planet. Even I’m skeptical.” The team pointed to two possible explanations for the findings—“some crazy, unknown chemistry, or life on Venus,” said Sara Saeger, an MIT planetary scientist who …

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4 years, 3 months ago

'2020 Series Finale': Venus May Have Alien Life and Humans Already Want to Migrate

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Is Venus where E.T decided to phone home? Ladies, men are from Mars and the planet they assigned us might just have life.— Kiran Manral September 14, 2020 I’m willing to bet Venus has more intelligent life than a Trump rally.— John Pavlovitz September 14, 2020 us: whEn iS #2020 gIVInG uS AliENs? ?venus: hi — Burger King September 15, …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Extraterrestrial: Scientists detect potential sign of life on Venus

India TV News

In an extraordinary discovery, an international team of astronomers has spotted a possible marker of life on Venus, a planet that has not been a significant part of the search for life because of its extreme temperatures, atmospheric composition, and other factors. ", said team leader Jane Greaves of Cardiff University in the UK, who first spotted signs of phosphine …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Aliens on Venus? Potential Signs of Life Detected on the Inhospitable Planet

News 18

Scientists said on Monday they have detected in the harshly acidic clouds of Venus, a gas called phosphine, that indicates microbes may inhabit Earth’s inhospitable neighbor, a tantalizing sign of potential life beyond Earth. “With what we currently know of Venus, the most plausible explanation for phosphine, as fantastical as it might sound, is life,” said Massachusetts Institute of Technology …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Astronomers see possible hints of life in Venus's clouds

India Today

Astronomers have found a potential sign of life high in the atmosphere of neighbouring Venus: hints there may be bizarre microbes living in the sulfuric acid-laden clouds of the hothouse planet. They said it doesn't satisfy the "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence" standard established by the late Carl Sagan, who speculated about the possibility of life in the clouds of …

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Life on Venus? Here’s what new evidence of phosphine in clouds indicates

Clouds of Venus too dry to support life, study finds 研究发现金星云层太干无法维持生命

Life on Venus? Mystery chemical on planet may come from volcanoes

Clouds of Venus ‘too dry’ to support life, say researchers after phosphine theory

Clouds of uncertainty: Scientists claim to have spotted signs of life on Venus but sceptics prevail

Gaseous signs of life on Venus aren't seen in follow-up observations

After phosphine, Indian researchers now discover amino acid glycine in Venus' atmosphere

Alien Life on Venus Could Be Confirmed by a Spacecraft Flying Past the Planet This Week

Why future missions to Venus will not be as easy as they look

The Hindu Explains | What does the detected presence of phosphine on Venus mean?

Russians Claim Venus As Their Planet After Signs of Alien Life Discovered

Phosphine discovery could threaten Venus.

'Time to Prioritize Venus', Says NASA Chief After Incredible Discovery of Phosphine on the Planet

Does Phosphine Mean Alien Life on Venus? Breaking Down the Science Behind Stunning Discovery

Carl Sagan Had Predicted Life on Venus Before Humans Had Even Landed on the Moon

EXPLAINED: Is Alien Life Detected On Planet Venus?

Is there life on Venus? Scientists say maybe

'2020 Series Finale': Venus May Have Alien Life and Humans Already Want to Migrate

Extraterrestrial: Scientists detect potential sign of life on Venus

Aliens on Venus? Potential Signs of Life Detected on the Inhospitable Planet

Astronomers see possible hints of life in Venus's clouds