Did We Just Find Life on Venus?

Scientist found signs of alien life on Venus.

How did they discover life on Venus?
For many years, astronomers have speculated that the most likely way to find evidence of extraterrestrial life is via biosignatures, which are basically substances that provide evidence of life.

Probably the most famous example of this would be oxygen, as it rapidly oxidizes in just a few thousand years, so to have large quantities of oxygen in an atmosphere you need something to constantly be putting it there, in Earth's case, it's from trees.

Another one that's been suggested as a great biosignature is phosphine. It is a gas we can only make on Earth in the lab, or via organic matter decomposing, typically in a water-rich environment.

Venus is Earth’s closest planetary neighbor. Similar in structure but slightly smaller than Earth, it is the second planet from the sun. Earth is the third planet.

Venus is wrapped in a thick, toxic atmosphere that traps in heat. Surface temperatures reach a scorching 880 degrees Fahrenheit, which is hot enough to melt lead.

Its atmosphere is hellish, consisting mainly of carbon dioxide with clouds of sulfuric acid. Besides that, Venus has large number of volcanoes, some of which may still be active.

These conditions do not make Venus favorable for life and it is probably one of the last places where scientist would expect life to exist.

However, in a surprising discovery, Researchers have detected in the harshly acidic clouds of Venus a gas called phosphine that indicates alien life on Venus.

What did the researchers actually find?
The researchers did not discover any actual life forms, but noted that on Earth phosphine is produced by bacteria thriving in oxygen-starved environments. The team first spotted the phosphine on Venus using the Telescopes in Hawaii.

Phosphine is a stinky gas which is considered as a sign of microscopic life on rocky planets like Venus.

The researchers tried to rule out the possibility of extraterrestrial life by analyzing other sources that could possibly produce phosphine on Venus, such as meteorites, volcanoes, and lightning.

However, it was concluded that you should only get this concentration of phosphine if there is life out there.
Credit: NASA/ESA

[AlexxanderH]

You can change “Did” for Have or you can change “Found” for Find. Either option should do the trick

[immortalswif]

STONE AGE VIDEO...
TRU BE TOLD
WE ARE NOT ALONE NEVER HAVE BEEN ALONE.

[kit]

Better come up with better definitions & levels of what is considered "life".