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The Search for Life in Venus’ Clouds

Prof. Sara Seager, Dr. Janusz Petkowski and Dr. William Bains

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Today only Venus’ atmospheric cloud layers (a large region spanning from 48 to 60 km altitude) have seemingly habitable conditions—the surface (at 735 K) is too hot for any plausible solvent and for most organic covalent chemistry.

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Venus Phosphine Update June 2023 July 10, 2023
Phosphorus (III) Trioxide (P4O6) Cannot be the Source of PH3 on Venus. July 10, 2023
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Venus Life Finder Mission Study December 10, 2021

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