Scientists find gas linked to life in atmosphere of Venus

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Phosphine, released by microbes in oxygen-starved environments, was present in quantities larger than expected

Traces of a pungent gas that waft through the clouds of Venus may be emanations from aerial organisms – microbial life, but not as we know it.

Astronomers detected phosphine 30 miles up in the planet's atmosphere and have failed to identify a process other than life that could account for its presence.

The discovery raises the possibility that life gained a foothold on Earth's inner neighbour and remnants clung on – or floated on, at least – as Venus suffered runaway global warming that made the planet hellish.

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Scientists find gas linked to life in atmosphere of Venus

Phosphine, released by microbes in oxygen-starved environments, was present in quantities larger than expected

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Space farts!?

 

[Menchi]

Possible discovery of life on Venus UPDATE: Phosphine discovered in the upper atmosphere

That's a bit reductive. If we advance to the tech needed traverse to another system we'd likely have the tech necessary to terraform. Of course you can't really terraform planets that are not good candidates for terraforming. Still, this is likely centuries if not millennia away.

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[HStallion]

That would be really damn cool. Hopefully this spurs some countries to actually send probes to Venus in search of life.