OT, possibe life on Venus

[AGRforever]

Ok, so it looks like we're not going to be raiding and pillaging much this year on Earth but there's a whole new planet to consider!! 

http://astrobiology.com/2020/09/phosphin...-life.html
According to several sources knowledgeable with the details of the
announcement phosphine has been discovered in the atmosphere of Venus.
Its presence suggests - suggests - some strange chemistry going on since
phosphine is something you'd only expect to see if life (as we know it)
was involved. From what we're told the researchers have concluded that
abiotic mechanisms that might produce phosphine cannot account for the
large amount that they have detected. The phosphine has been detected in
the region within the atmosphere of Venus that is considered by some to
be potentially habitable.
I read furthe, posphine can be produced by large gas giants.  It needs pressure and heat that shouldn't be available on a rocky planet unless there is some unknown chemistry happening.  Posphine also breaks down from radiation so to find higher levels of it requires it to be created on an on going process.
So while it isn't little green men, its still pretty dang interesting!!

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The more we know, the more we don't know. Its a big ol' universe out there and we don't know shit about it really. 

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@StickyBun said:
The more we know, the more we don't know. Its a big ol' universe out there and we don't know shit about it really. 

To me, the most interesting place in our solar system is Titan.  Titan has liquid methane and has clouds, storms, rivers and lakes of methane.  If life can exist there then it is much different then Earthbound life. 

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@AGRforever said:

Ok, so it looks like we're not going to be raiding and pillaging much this year on Earth but there's a whole new planet to consider!! 

http://astrobiology.com/2020/09/phosphin...-life.html
According to several sources knowledgeable with the details of the
announcement phosphine has been discovered in the atmosphere of Venus.
Its presence suggests - suggests - some strange chemistry going on since
phosphine is something you'd only expect to see if life (as we know it)
was involved. From what we're told the researchers have concluded that
abiotic mechanisms that might produce phosphine cannot account for the
large amount that they have detected. The phosphine has been detected in
the region within the atmosphere of Venus that is considered by some to
be potentially habitable.
I read furthe, posphine can be produced by large gas giants.  It needs pressure and heat that shouldn't be available on a rocky planet unless there is some unknown chemistry happening.  Posphine also breaks down from radiation so to find higher levels of it requires it to be created on an on going process.
So while it isn't little green men, its still pretty dang interesting!!

That is interesting to read - but man, when you look at actual pics taken on the surface of Venus I can't imagine anything there. Check out these pics - These are actual pics taken by a probe sent by Russia. Does not look like a fun place to visit.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/6795510312...=1a79s4YBv
https://www.wearethemighty.com/history/s...belltitem1
Search pics of venus surface and there a bunch that are truly amazing.

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I'm most interested in the planetwide ocean of water under the surface of Europa.

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I wonder if any of them can play CB.

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I'm so far gone with the UFO stuff, this is just such a no-brainer to me. I'm full-blown "aliens visit us regularly" guy. I truly believe that.

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 I was surprised when they discovered rings around Uranus. 

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@Vanguard83 said:
 I was surprised when they discovered rings around Uranus. 

My doctor said he'd keep this quiet?

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@NorthernCalVike said:

@AGRforever said:

Ok, so it looks like we're not going to be raiding and pillaging much this year on Earth but there's a whole new planet to consider!! 

http://astrobiology.com/2020/09/phosphin...-life.html
According to several sources knowledgeable with the details of the
announcement phosphine has been discovered in the atmosphere of Venus.
Its presence suggests - suggests - some strange chemistry going on since
phosphine is something you'd only expect to see if life (as we know it)
was involved. From what we're told the researchers have concluded that
abiotic mechanisms that might produce phosphine cannot account for the
large amount that they have detected. The phosphine has been detected in
the region within the atmosphere of Venus that is considered by some to
be potentially habitable.
I read furthe, posphine can be produced by large gas giants.  It needs pressure and heat that shouldn't be available on a rocky planet unless there is some unknown chemistry happening.  Posphine also breaks down from radiation so to find higher levels of it requires it to be created on an on going process.
So while it isn't little green men, its still pretty dang interesting!!

That is interesting to read - but man, when you look at actual pics taken on the surface of Venus I can't imagine anything there. Check out these pics - These are actual pics taken by a probe sent by Russia. Does not look like a fun place to visit.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/6795510312...=1a79s4YBv
https://www.wearethemighty.com/history/s...belltitem1
Search pics of venus surface and there a bunch that are truly amazing.

I don't know...looks a little like San Francisco right now.