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The unexpected atmospheric detection of phosphine, a smelly gas
made by microbes on Earth, could spark a revolution in astrobiology
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There is something funky going on in the clouds of
Venus. Telescopes have detected unusually high concentrations of the
molecule phosphine—a stinky, flammable chemical typically associated
with feces, farts and rotting microbial activity—in an atmospheric layer
far above the planet’s scorching surface. |
By Adam Mann
www.scientificamerican.com 9-14-20 |
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