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 …
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 …
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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