Scientists find gas linked to life in atmosphere of Venus
by Ian Sample Science editor from Science | The Guardian on (#583AT)
Phosphine, released by microbes in oxygen-starved environments, was present in quantities larger than expected
Traces of a pungent gas that waft through the clouds of Venus may be emanations from aerial organisms - microbial life, but not as we know it.
Astronomers detected phosphine 30 miles up in the planet's atmosphere and have failed to identify a process other than life that could account for its presence.
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