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That's been thoroughly debunked.
by junippor 6y ago
That's been thoroughly debunked.
- mannerheim 6y agoNote that a habitable zone does not necessarily mean there's any life actually there. You are probably thinking of the reports last year of phosphine in the upper atmosphere where the quantity turned out to be overstated by a significant amount. On the other hand, there is a sweet spot in the Venusian atmosphere where the temperature is low enough and the atmosphere provides enough protection from solar radiation that microbial life could conceivably survive (which is not the same as saying there is any life there); there are certainly plenty of Earth microbes that live in environments just as inhospitable if not more.
- junippor 6y agoExcept, there's no hydrogen in Venus.
- mannerheim 6y agoThere is hydrogen on Venus. Very little. Some hydrogen chloride and hydrogen fluoride.
- junippor 6y agoI'm just gonna leave this here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_atmosphere https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_atmosphere Hydrogen chloride 0.1–0.6 ppm Hydrogen fluoride 0.001–0.005 ppm
- mannerheim 6y agoLike I said, it's very little, but that's not none.
- junippor 6y agoIt's none :D If you knew anything about chemistry past checking wikipedia, you'd just call it none.