Last year, the discovery of phosphine in the atmosphere Venus raised the possibility of life in dense clouds hottest planet in the solar system. This week, June 14th, research Cambridge university published in Connection with nature ruled out the possibility Venus port life.

Lack of bacterial “faeces” on Venus

One way to find life is through “microbial poop.” After all, Antoine Lavoisier has already said: in nature nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is transformed. The study, led by astronomer Sean Jordan, looked at the chemical reactions that would occur if microorganisms were fed on sulfur dioxide. In fact, the absence of “bacterial feces” in the atmosphere of Venus ruled out the possibility of the existence of life on the planet.

The answer has been found, but now another one remains in the air: if microorganisms are not responsible for the strange composition of the atmosphere of Venus, then what is it? The answer is… well, we don’t know, and that’s left for another study to decide. However, Paul Rimmer, one of the authors of the study, says that the possibility of the existence of microscopic life on other planets like Earth does exist. Venus. Now enter James Webb Space Telescope according to the plot: he is able to detect chemical traces of “bacterial waste” in the atmosphere of distant planets.

The first pictures of the surface of Venus

US space agency releases first images surface of Venus in visible light. Usually covered in a thick layer of clouds, the images were taken Parker Solar Probe when moving to the dark side of the planet. OUR NASA argues that images are important in helping researchers gain more information about topography of Venus.

The scientists compared images taken by the spacecraft with topographic maps generated by radar to analyze how the planet’s temperature changes with altitude. To take the pictures, Solar Parker pointed a set of special cameras called Solar Probe Wide Field Image Generators (WISPR) at the dark side of the star as it passed through it between 2020 and 2021.

Research shows that Mercury could have life
Ideal conditions would be underground

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Source: Cosmos