Strange gas in Venus’s clouds may be a sign of volcanoes, not life
12 July 2021
Phosphine gas in the atmosphere of Venus was considered a possible sign of life, but it could come from volcanic eruptions sending enormous plumes of lava into the air
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2020 in review: The hunt for life on Venus continues
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Clara Sousa-Silva spent most of 2020 sitting on a huge secret – the apparent detection of phosphine, a potential sign of life, on Venus. She tells New Scientist what it felt like and what comes next
To understand signs of life on Venus we must do chemistry on Earth
30 September 2020
The hunt for potential alien life on Venus will start in labs on Earth to rule out other sources of the mysterious phosphine gas we have seen
