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PARIS: A study measuring water concentration in Venus’s atmosphere concluded on Monday that life as we know it is not possible among the sulphuric acid droplets that make up the planet’s famously cloudy skies.
The search for life on our nearest neighbour has so far proved fruitless, although a 2020 paper rekindled hopes for Venus when it claimed to have detected phosphine gas known to be produced by bacteria on Earth in the planet’s clouds.
The authors have since called their own findings into question.
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A new study finds too little water to support life in the clouds of Venus.
By MARCIA DUNNAssociated Press
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. A new study is throwing cold water on the possibility of life in the clouds of Venus.
Scientists from Europe and the U.S. reported Monday there isn’t nearly enough water vapor in the scorching planet’s clouds to support life as we know it.
The team looked into the matter following September’s surprise announcement by others that strange, tiny organisms could be lurking in the thick, sulfuric acid-filled clouds of Venus. Through spacecraft observations, the latest research group found the water level is more than 100 times too low to support Earth-like life.