fossilesque@mander.xyz to Astronomy@mander.xyz • 1 month agoAtmospheric analysis shows Venus never had Earth-like life, scientists sayexternal-linkmessage-square8 fedilinkarrow-up123
arrow-up123external-linkAtmospheric analysis shows Venus never had Earth-like life, scientists sayfossilesque@mander.xyz to Astronomy@mander.xyz • 1 month agomessage-square8 Commentsfedilink
minus-squareNuraShiny [any]hexbear3·1 month agoWell duh. It's a hell of acid storms and sulfur, how would it have had life? link
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzhexbear1·1 month agoEven if it doesn’t have now, it’s quite a leap to say it never had. linkfedilink
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzhexbear1·edit-21 month agoEarth 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. linkfedilink
minus-squareTheWolfOfSouthEnd@lemmygrad.mlhexbear1·1 month agoI’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? linkfedilink
minus-squareNuraShiny [any]hexbear2·1 month agoThis headline says earth-like life. I just didn't repeat the word. link
minus-squarehuf [he/him]hexbear2·1 month agothere'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 :) link
Well duh. It's a hell of acid storms and sulfur, how would it have had life?
Even if it doesn’t have now, it’s quite a leap to say it never had.
Is it? Why?
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.
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?
This headline says earth-like life. I just didn't repeat the word.
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 :)
Fair point there!