How Much Life Would Be Required to Create the Phosphine Signal on Venus?

How Much Life Would Be Required to Create the Phosphine Signal on Venus?
By Matthew Cimone

A Biosignature Last week, an incredible announcement was made about the search for extraterrestrial life: Phosphine gas detected in the clouds of Venus – a potential indicator of life or “biosignature.” Now some gases might be a false positive for biosignatures because they can be created by other chemical processes on a planet like photochemical …

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September 21, 2020 at 07:55AM
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