Researchers Think There Could Be Alien Life Floating in the Clouds of Venus

Researchers Think There Could Be Alien Life Floating in the Clouds of Venus

  • April 3, 2018
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Researchers Think There Could Be Alien Life Floating in the Clouds of Venus

As detailed in a paper published recently in Astrobiology, studies of organisms capable of withstanding extreme environments on earth—appropriately known as extremophiles—has made the prospect microbial life on Venus more plausible in recent years. In fact, pockets of carbon dioxide-munching microbes adrift in the Venusian atmosphere may explain mysterious dark patches that have been observed in Venus’ clouds for over a century.

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