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Life on Venus claim faces strongest challenge yet – Nature.com
New studies knock down a controversial report observing phosphine in the planet’s atmosphere.
Japans Akatsuki orbiter captured this image of Venuss clouds with its ultraviolet imager.Credit: ISAS, JAXA, Akatsuki; Processing: Meli thev
Two papers have dealt a fresh blow to the idea that Venuss atmosphere might contain phosphine gas a potential sign of life.
The claim that there is phosphine on Venus rocked planetary science last September, when researchers reported spotting the gass spectral signature in telescope data1. If confirmed, the discovery could mean that organisms drifting among…
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