A Bold Mission to Hunt for Aliens on Venus Is Actually Happening
A UK-based mission is aiming to settle, once and for all, whether life exists on Venus. The mission plans to send a probe to the planet in search of microbial life, not on the surface, of course, but in the Venusian clouds.
Over the past half-decade, scientists have detected the presence of phosphine and ammonia—two potential signs of biological activity—in Venus’s clouds. On Earth, both gases are produced only by biological activity and industrial processes, and scientists are unsure of their origin on Venus.
The mission, called the Venus Explorer for Reduced Vapours in the Environment (VERVE), will send a CubeSat-sized probe aboard the European Space Agency’s EnVision mission—a larger mission designed to probe Venus’s surface and interior, scheduled for launch in 2031. VERVE will detach upon arrival and carry out an independent atmospheric survey.
https://gizmodo.com/a-bold-mission-to-hu...2000627704
Which reminds me that some years ago Russians found scorpions on Venus
![[Image: venus-scorpion.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/9FJjxLMX/venus-scorpion.jpg)
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna46106343
A UK-based mission is aiming to settle, once and for all, whether life exists on Venus. The mission plans to send a probe to the planet in search of microbial life, not on the surface, of course, but in the Venusian clouds.
Over the past half-decade, scientists have detected the presence of phosphine and ammonia—two potential signs of biological activity—in Venus’s clouds. On Earth, both gases are produced only by biological activity and industrial processes, and scientists are unsure of their origin on Venus.
The mission, called the Venus Explorer for Reduced Vapours in the Environment (VERVE), will send a CubeSat-sized probe aboard the European Space Agency’s EnVision mission—a larger mission designed to probe Venus’s surface and interior, scheduled for launch in 2031. VERVE will detach upon arrival and carry out an independent atmospheric survey.
https://gizmodo.com/a-bold-mission-to-hu...2000627704
Which reminds me that some years ago Russians found scorpions on Venus
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna46106343
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