Find out what researchers have found that may point to life on Venus

Find out what researchers have found that may point to life on Venus

Is life possible on Venus?

By Seth Shostak, Senior Astronomer

It could be atmospheric chemistry. Or pollution from unseen volcanoes. But there’s a chance – a not insignificant chance – that scientists have made the first clear discovery of life beyond Earth.

Researchers at Cardiff University and MIT, together with colleagues from both British and Asian universities, have just published a paper in the journal Nature in which they claim to have found a smelly, toxic gas – phosphine – high in the thick clouds of the Venusian atmosphere. On Earth, phosphine is produced by certain types of bacteria. ( Source / https://www.seti.org/ )