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Phosphine Detected in Venus’s Atmosphere May Have Just Been Sulfur – ExtremeTech
The evidence of phosphine in Venus’ atmosphere last year may have actually been a measurement error.
The potential discovery of phosphine in Venus’s atmosphere last year made headlines around the world. On Earth, phosphine is produced by living things. Any detection of it inside another planet’s atmosphere would be a strong potential indicator of life. One reason folks got excited about the possibility is that Venus’s upper atmosphere is a much friendlier place for life to exist than its lower cloud layers or the lead-melting temperatures on the ground. The conditions approximately 50km above the…
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