โฒ 93 โผ Signs of two gases in clouds of Venus could indicate life, scientists say (www.theguardian.com) submitted 2 years ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/space@lemmy.world 21 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] roofuskit@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] Perhyte@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) These signs were detected higher in the atmosphere, where the temperature and pressure are more reasonable. And since it took until now to detect the presence of the ammonia, it's probably not a large component of the atmosphere. So not boiling hot and probably not that much ammonia. That still leaves the thick clouds of sulfuric acid though, those are still very much a thing any probe or mission to Venus would have to be able to deal with. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] Perhyte@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) These signs were detected higher in the atmosphere, where the temperature and pressure are more reasonable. And since it took until now to detect the presence of the ammonia, it's probably not a large component of the atmosphere. So not boiling hot and probably not that much ammonia. That still leaves the thick clouds of sulfuric acid though, those are still very much a thing any probe or mission to Venus would have to be able to deal with. permalink fedilink source parent