Astronomers have found a potential sign of life high in the atmosphere of neighbouring Venus: hints there may be bizarre microbes living in the sulphuric acid-laden clouds of the hothouse planet. They said it doesn't satisfy the “extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence” standard established by the late Carl Sagan, who speculated about the possibility of life in the clouds of Venus in 1967. After three astronomers met in a bar in Hawaii, they decided to look that way at the closest planet to Earth: Venus. NASA/Sydney Morning Herald Scientists say they have found a potential sign of life high in the atmosphere above Venus. ... Not a single process we looked at could produce phosphine in high enough quantities to explain our team’s findings.”That leaves life.

Source: Stuff September 14, 2020 19:45 UTC