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So weird, phosphine is potentially the output of some life-based chemistry happening, but phophine has a lot of hydrogen. Hydrogen is something that Venus does
by greesil 6y ago
So weird, phosphine is potentially the output of some life-based chemistry happening, but phophine has a lot of hydrogen. Hydrogen is something that Venus does not have a lot of. I haven't seen this addressed anywhere in the discussion yet.
- sacred_numbers 6y agoVenus may not have a lot of hydrogen, but it does have some, especially in the form of water vapor. The amount of phosphine is also pretty tiny, about 20 parts per billion, compared to about 20 parts per million for water vapor.
- ta8908695 6y agoVenus has a permanent cloud layer of almost entirely sulfuric acid (H2SO4) so there is hydrogen available it just requires chemistry to get it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_of_Venus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_of_Venus