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Title: Possibly Maybe (Life on Venus)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on September 14, 2020, 09:08:33 AM: https://earthsky.org/space/life-on-venus-phosphine-biosignatures

Short version: scientists believe they've found the presence of a gas called phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus, and the only known ways for phosphine gas to arise on a rocky planet is for it to be produced artificially in a lab, or via anaerobic microbes.

I recommend we all get very excited about this before we end up finding a boring explanation.
Title: Re: Possibly Maybe (Life on Venus)
Post by: Evermind on September 14, 2020, 09:16:35 AM: Very excited about this! So excited I think I'm gonna send kpop in your roulette now.
Title: Re: Possibly Maybe (Life on Venus)
Post by: MirrorMask on September 14, 2020, 09:20:55 AM: I see that Carson Napier has been busy!

Please someone know what I'm talking about :lol
Title: Re: Possibly Maybe (Life on Venus)
Post by: Phoenix87x on September 14, 2020, 09:42:05 AM: I'm of the opinion that there is life all over the universe. Maybe not advanced life that is flying around in spaceships, but definitely bacteria.

Cool news though.
Title: Re: Possibly Maybe (this is a Björk reference)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on September 14, 2020, 09:42:54 AM: Quote from: Evermind on September 14, 2020, 09:16:35 AM
Very excited about this! So excited I think I'm gonna send kpop in your roulette now.

At last!

Quote from: MirrorMask on September 14, 2020, 09:20:55 AM
I see that Carson Napier has been busy!

Please someone know what I'm talking about :lol

I do not.
Title: Re: Possibly Maybe (Life on Venus)
Post by: Dublagent66 on September 14, 2020, 10:26:32 AM: They've known the possibilities of this for quite some time now because there are parts of Venus' atmosphere that are the same temperature as the surface of the Earth. Not exactly breaking news.

Quote from: Phoenix87x on September 14, 2020, 09:42:05 AM
I'm of the opinion that there is life all over the universe. Maybe not advanced life that is flying around in spaceships, but definitely bacteria.

Agreed. Possibly many types of unknown life forms.
Title: Re: Possibly Maybe (Life on Venus)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on September 14, 2020, 10:31:16 AM: Quote from: Dublagent66 on September 14, 2020, 10:26:32 AM
They've known the possibilities of this for quite some time now because there are parts of Venus' atmosphere that are the same temperature as the surface of the Earth. Not exactly breaking news.

The possibility that it could exist, potentially, is completely different from finding compelling evidence that it might. That's like saying finding a wormhole wouldn't be a big deal because we already think it might be possible.

Also, this news just broke. It is definitionally breaking news.
Title: Re: Possibly Maybe (Life on Venus)
Post by: MrBoom_shack-a-lack on September 14, 2020, 01:31:19 PM: Scott Manley just did a video on it:

Why Astronomers Think A Poisonous Gas On Venus Could Suggest Life On This Deadly Planet (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWj85r02Oiw&ab_channel=ScottManley)

Btw we have a astronomy thread fyi: https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=35392.msg2689869#new
Title: Re: Possibly Maybe (Life on Venus)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on September 14, 2020, 05:43:41 PM: I'll await peer reviewed journals before getting too excited.
Title: Re: Possibly Maybe (Life on Venus)
Post by: Lonk on September 14, 2020, 06:07:01 PM: Quote from: Puppies_On_Acid on September 14, 2020, 05:43:41 PM
I'll await peer reviewed journals before getting too excited.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-020-1174-4