Venus Might Host Life, New Discovery Suggests
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Frequently Asked Questions
Life in the Clouds
Astrobiologists Have Long Been Enamored with Mars, a Dry, Rocky Planet with Conditions Not All That Dissimilar to Those of Earth. More Recently, They Have Become Moonstruck by Icy, Potentially Habitable World's in the Outer Solar System, Such as Saturn’s Geyser-Spewing Satellite Enceladus and Jupiter’s Oceanic Moon Europa. but Despite Its Drawbacks, Venus Has Not Been Entirely Neglected by Scientists Speculating About Life’s Extraterrestrial Abodes.
Venus Revisited
Venus Remains an Underexplored Place. “Despite It Being Literally the Planet Next Door, There Are Many Mysteries That Still Need to Be Solved, ” Wong Says. in Order to Rule out All Nonliving Explanations for the Creation of Phosphine, Researchers Will Have to Learn a Great Deal More About the Planet Itself, Including Its Chemistry, Geology and Atmospheric Physics, He Adds.
