Signs of two gases in clouds of Venus could indicate life, scientists say
Signs of two gases in clouds of Venus could indicate life, scientists say
Separate teams find evidence of phosphine and ammonia, potential biomarkers on planet whose surface reaches 450C
Hell, the Soviets have dropped, what, 15?, landers into the atmosphere since the late 60's. From what we know about the incredible survivability of micro organisms, I'd be unsurprised to find that what we're seeing is our own bugs, seeded by our own landing craft, having found a niche floating around in the upper clouds where the environment is cozy.
To be honest, I'd be incredibly excited to find out that life from Earth had managed to survive on Venus.
Me too! No doubt. There's a scale, though: life seeded by us directly; life seeded by some common ancestor to life on Earth; and truly alien life sharing no common ancestor. They don't all hit the same, at least for me.
You bring up a good point. There's strong arguments to be made that Venus has been "contaminated" by the Soviet probes. That's why NASA is being so careful with the Europa Clipper.
If there is life in the clouds of Venus, it will be hard to verify if it's natural, or from Earth.
At first, I thought you said soviet as in sovereign citizens, and I thought either you or I were living in some weird alternate timeline.
I think you and I spend altogether too much time in c/insanepeoplefacebook
I see sovcits everywhere, too π¬
imagine spending your whole life on education just to spend the rest of it on detecting farts
My adolescent mind would find that delightfully funny.
"Mom, I'm going to be a Fart Scientist! A...uh Fart-ologist! Yeah, I'll study farts!"
any good parent would proudly get them a Smell-O-Scopeπ€
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This is their life's work and dream job. I'd imagine they are very excited by this and very happy to continue researching it. Imagine being the person who proves that there is life outside of our own planet. Your name would go down in the history books.
If it turns out Venus used to have life and an atmosphere like ours I'm going to seek therapy
If the thought of that causes you anxiety, you should probably seek therapy anyway. No need to let impending doom ruin whatβs left of our lives!
I think I'd rather be justifiably insane than broke and well adjusted.
Fr this time?
There's a big difference between "could indicate life" and "we found life!".
True, but last time the "we found signs which..." part didn't even pan out. It was an overly optimistic misinterpretation of the data.
It's fun to imagine some life form on Venus watching the Missy Elliott video we just beamed there and wondering just wtf is going on