But there's still much work left to discover why.
Evidence of life found in the atmosphere of Venus
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To fans of The Expanse, nope it's not the protomolecule. Or is it?
This thread (and some of the threads linked in it) are good resources.
I'm not getting super excited yet as phosphine is some nasty stuff (at least for us). There's a ton more work we need to do, but that's pretty standard for science. Open a door, and now you have a bunch of new potential doors to open.
I'm not getting super excited yet as phosphine is some nasty stuff (at least for us). There's a ton more work we need to do, but that's pretty standard for science. Open a door, and now you have a bunch of new potential doors to open.
You can laugh a lot at the science in Star Trek, but one episode of the original series ("The Devil in the Dark") addressed a serious thought. We always assume that life is carbon based. But in radically different environments it is possible that life finds an entirely different route. When looking for life we may need to be careful that we are looking/thinking outside the box as well.
Damn it Jim, I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer.
This is the thing about "is there life out there?" that has always left me wondering. I'm not even sure we understand the question. We don't know anything, there could be countless other types of "life" out there that we simply have no idea exists or have even dreamed of. It's a big place out there.
I think we can find our new ST coach closer to home. But never hurts to look everywhere.
Honest to god, I read the thread title "Evidence of Life Found in.. " my immediate reaction, thought it was going to say "Iowa City" next.
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