Earth-shattering discovery by scientists – Evidence of life found on Venus

The prevailing climate in Venus It ranks among the most inhospitable locations in the solar system for life, but a recent discovery by scientists is upending what we knew.

Specifically, astronomers reported that Two gases detected Which may indicate that there are life forms lurking in the clouds of Venus.

The specific results were presented on Wednesday 17 July at the National Astronomy Meeting in Hull and are being promoted. Indicators of the presence of caustic gasphosphine, whose presence on Venus has been hotly disputed.

A separate team revealed the test. Ammonia detectionwhich on Earth are produced mainly by biological activity and industrial processes, and whose presence on Venus, according to scientists, cannot be easily explained by known atmospheric or geological phenomena.

So-called biosignature gases are an indicator of this. extraterrestrial lifeHowever, this particular discovery will increase interest in Venus and raise the possibility that life emerged and flourished in the planet’s more temperate past and remains “stored” in the atmosphere today.

“It is possible that if Venus went through a warm, wet phase in the past, the greenhouse effect became active. [η ζωή] It could have evolved to live in the only place it had left – the clouds.“We are seeing a lot of new discoveries,” said Dr Dave Clements, an astrophysicist at Imperial College London, during the interview.

surface of venus It reaches about 450 degrees Celsius.It’s hot enough to melt lead and zinc, the atmospheric pressure is 90 times that of Earth’s surface, and there are clouds of sulfuric acid. But at about 50 kilometers (31 miles) above the surface, the temperature and pressure are closer to those on Earth, and hardy microbes are likely to be able to survive almost as long.