Thread by @BBCAmos, #Phosphine at #Venus. If you want me to put money on it, [...]

#Phosphine at #Venus. If you want me to put money on it, I'd say there's an abiotic pathway that simply hasn't been identified yet. The team has worked very, very hard to find it, and is now asking the worldwide scientific community: "What have we missed?" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-54133538

Is there life floating in the clouds of Venus?

Telescope observations spy a gas high in the atmosphere of Venus that on Earth is made by microbes.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-54133538

The BBC's #SkyAtNight series has made a special programme about the detection. It's tonight on @BBCFOUR at 22:30BST. It's very watchable, even if you don't major in science/astronomy. @chrislintott and the team have done a great job. Here's a fun clip. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/science-environment-54146497

Could life on Venus cope with sulphuric acid?

If microbes really do live in the Venusian atmosphere, how do they survive?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/science-environment-54146497

Even if we do end up identifying that non-biological pathway to phosphine at Venus, we're going to have a blast along the way. Venus is back in vogue, people! And @Peter_J_Beck at @RocketLab will be first out of the blocks with a private mission in 2023. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-54151861

Will private firms win the race to Venus?

With interest in the possibility of life at Venus, there's an imperative to get more spacecraft to the planet.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-54151861

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