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Phosphine found in the Venus atmosphere, could be signs of ‘aerial life’ in planet’s clouds – Firstpost
A chemically-synthesized bioweapon and agricultural fumigant, phosphine in also naturally made by some anaerobic microbes in low oxygen environments.
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The Royal Astronomical Society announced yesterday that a team of astronomers has discovered an unlikely molecule in sizeable amounts in the atmospheric clouds of Venus. From what is known about phosphine on Earth, the molecule can be synthesized industrially, or by bacteria that can grow in environments where oxygen is low or non-existent.
For decades, researchers have suspected that Venus could sustain microbial life in its atmosphere in high clouds inste…
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