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Mar 28, 2024 · Some of the building blocks of life are surprisingly stable in Venus-like conditions, according to a new lab experiment.
The possibility of life on Venus is a subject of interest in astrobiology due to Venus' proximity and similarities to Earth. To date, no definitive evidence has been found of past or present life there.
Jun 30, 2021 · The amount of water in the atmosphere of Venus is so low that even the most drought-tolerant of Earth’s microbes wouldn’t be able to survive there, a new study has found.
Oct 26, 2023 · Cosmologist Paul Sutter explains how Venus is still a candidate for life, despite 900 degree temperatures, crushing pressures, and poisonous air.
Nov 27, 2020 · After reanalyzing data from Venus, researchers say they see much less phosphine, a possible sign of life. The announcement in September took the world by storm: In radio emissions from Venus's atmosphere, researchers found signs of phosphine, a toxic compound that on Earth is made in significant amounts only by microbes and chemists.
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- 2020
Jul 29, 2024 · Researchers’ detection of two gases, phosphine and ammonia, in the clouds of Venus raises speculation about possible life forms in the planet’s atmosphere.
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Nov 17, 2020 · Signs of the gas phosphine in Venus’s atmosphere have faded — but they’re still there, according to a new data analysis. In September, an international team of astronomers made headlines when it...