Life May Have Hopped From Earth to Venus on Asteroid, Scientists Say – Futurism

Hitching a Ride
The discovery of phosphine gas, a potential biomarker, in the atmosphere of Venus made a big splash earlier this month, suggesting that life could survive in the Earth-like conditions inside Venuss clouds.
In a recently uploaded preprint, head of Harvard astronomy department Avi Loeb and undergraduate student Amir Siraj argue that the discovery may be chalked up to massive asteroids first grazing the Earths atmosphere, picking up some microscopic life, and later depositing it i…

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