Scientists have made a discovery that could uncover potential signs of life around the inhospitable planet Venus. Here's what we know.
two thingsThe first is that there may be microbes living, not on Venus, but swirling in the clouds above it. Although the surface of Venus is uninhabitable, the temperatures in the clouds where this gas was found are about 30 degrees Celsius."We aren't saying it's a 100 per cent robust detection of life, but what we can say is that we've opened it up to the possibility that it is that," Dr Dempsey said.
If it is a sign of life then there should be other signs of other chemicals associated with life around it.Professor Greaves warns we can't really tell whether there is life on Venus with the results we have so far. "It may be that the only thing to do is send a spacecraft that can really sample and see if there are life forms there," Professor Greaves said.to Venus in the next decade.
The flagship mission will explore Venus using an orbiter, a Teflon-coated balloon, glider and lander.Meanwhile, the DAVINCI+ mission, which Dr Kane is working on, plans toBoth missions will be looking for phosphine as well as phosphorus acid, which would indicate the gas is produced by non-biological processes.Watch
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