Science
Astronomers spot possible marker of life on Venus – National Herald
Astronomers have spotted a possible marker of life on Venus, a planet which has not been a significant part of the search for life because of its extreme temperatures,…
Following their observations, they ran calculations to see whether these amounts could come from natural non-biological processes on the planet.
Some ideas included sunlight, minerals blown upwards from the surface, volcanoes, or lightning, but none of these could make anywhere near enough of it.
These non-biological sources were found to make at most one ten thousandth of the amount of phosphine that the telescopes saw.
To create the observed quantity of phosphine (which consists of hydrogen and…
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