Missions Are Already Being Planned to Figure Out What’s Creating the Biosignature on Venus

Missions Are Already Being Planned to Figure Out What’s Creating the Biosignature on Venus
By Evan Gough

The discovery of phosphine in the upper clouds in Venus’ atmosphere has generated a lot of excitement. On Earth, phosphine is produced biologically, so it’s a sign of life. If it’s not produced by life, it takes an enormous amount of energy to be created abiologically. On other planets like Jupiter, there’s enough energy to …

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September 17, 2020 at 07:37AM
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