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What are the chances of life existing in the clouds of Venus?

18 Dec 2020 James Dacey

Disagreements remain over spectral data, but the debate now considers pathways for life to survive the extreme conditions on Venus

A Computer simulated global view of Venus
Turbulent world Computer simulated global view of Venus' northern hemisphere (Courtesy: NASA/JPL)
Do researchers still think that phosphine – a supposed signature of life – is present in the c

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