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Atmospheric analysis shows Venus never had Earth-like life, scientists say (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] NuraShiny@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Well duh. It's a hell of acid storms and sulfur, how would it have had life?

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 3 points 3 weeks ago

I mean sulfur is an important component of life and extremeophiles can handle many conditions. When I heard things about possible life at venus it was generally the idea of microorganisms floating in the atmosphere.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Even if it doesn’t have now, it’s quite a leap to say it never had.

[–] NuraShiny@hexbear.net 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Is it? Why?

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Earth was very inhospitable for life for quite some time. In the future, it could become barren again. What’s to say that Venus wasn’t once harboring life? We don’t know anywhere near enough of its geology to even guess that.

[–] TheWolfOfSouthEnd@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I’m not meaning to sound sarcastic or like I’m taking the piss, but how do we know there are no life forms that like acid storms and sulphur?

[–] NuraShiny@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This headline says earth-like life. I just didn't repeat the word.

[–] huf@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

there's a bunch of life around the deep sea volcanoes that lives off sulphur and stuff, so technically it'd still be earth-like life :)

[–] NuraShiny@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

Fair point there!