CitizenVectron Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 The leaks/rumours are that phosphine gas has been discovered in Venus' atmosphere. Phosphine is created by life, as well as artificially in lab environments. If (and it's an if) life exists on Venus, it is likely in a layer of the atmosphere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Venus definitely has the raw ingredients necessary for life. Definitely would only exist high in the atmosphere though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaku3 Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Gonna get my plasma gun ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Vic20 Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Well, this is exciting! But now down to the first order of business, what slur will be used to refer to our first discovered neighbor, of any kind in the universe? Dirty "Atmos" Perhaps? Whatever the eventual term, and please feel free to play along, it must be read it with an angry southern drawl for best effect! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 But about about life in Uranus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaku3 Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 6 minutes ago, Mr.Vic20 said: Well, this is exciting! But now down to the first order of business, what slur will be used to refer to our first discovered neighbor, of any kind in the universe? Dirty "Atmos" Perhaps? Whatever the eventual term, and please feel free to play along, it must be read it with an angry southern drawl for best effect! @Mr.Vic20 I don't think it can have an angry Southern draw. As a Warhammer 40k fan the only option is Xenos. Foul Xenos. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 How they discovered it 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Well that's where women are from so of course there is life there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heydude93 Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Oh noes, we should've taken the white house's reports about UFOs seriously this whole time!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Here's the summary. Yeah, it's high up in the atmosphere. Which is very acidic. I guess the next step is a space probe. Or going full Death Star and just murking Venus on principle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Jason said: But about about life in Uranus? There is a cream for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 7 minutes ago, CayceG said: Here's the summary. Yeah, it's high up in the atmosphere. Which is very acidic. I guess the next step is a space probe. Or going full Death Star and just murking Venus on principle. Acidity is only a problem if the material/life negatively reacts with it. Sulfuric acid is nasty stuff, but it does squat to silica, for instance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaku3 Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 14 minutes ago, CayceG said: Here's the summary. Yeah, it's high up in the atmosphere. Which is very acidic. I guess the next step is a space probe. Or going full Death Star and just murking Venus on principle. This solar system and eventually the galaxy belong to mankind. We gotta murk Venus. Don't care if they are just single cell organisms. Gotta squash that bug while it's still small so to speak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comet Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 3 hours ago, CitizenVectron said: The leaks/rumours are that phosphine gas has been discovered in Venus' atmosphere. Phosphine is created by life, as well as artificially in lab environments. If (and it's an if) life exists on Venus, it is likely in a layer of the atmosphere. Hmmm... sounds a lot like vespene gas... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 2 hours ago, mclumber1 said: Acidity is only a problem if the material/life negatively reacts with it. Sulfuric acid is nasty stuff, but it does squat to silica, for instance. So you're saying Venus is inhabited by sand golems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 2 minutes ago, CayceG said: So you're saying Venus is inhabited by sand golems. So...Ben Shapiro's wife? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakoo Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 I wish we put more funding into space research. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Very cool stuff. Looking at the list of missions we've sent to Venus, it seems we've sent a bunch of orbiters over the years, including one from the ESA that orbited from 2006-2015. Only the Russians ever bothered to land anything, and those landers didn't last long, as one might imagine. One nice thing about sending things to Venus is they don't take too long, relatively speaking. No clue if how comprehensive this wiki is, but it doesn't look like there are any planned trips to Venus at the moment. I wonder if that will change given this discovery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted September 14, 2020 Author Share Posted September 14, 2020 Better not send any people on the first trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaku3 Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 37 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: Better not send any people on the first trip. Trump and co might fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 7 hours ago, Zaku3 said: Gonna get my plasma gun ready. I think you want a ray gun that shoot antimatter. Don’t think we’ll be able to kill whatever is up there. Could be something like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massdriver Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 It seems more promising than anything we have found on Mars since they are struggling to find another explanation for it. It’s plausible Venus was home to many forms of life before the present hostile atmosphere formed. I hope we make studying this a priority. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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