A new study says life in the clouds of Venus is unlikely. Scientists from Europe and the U.S. say there is not enough water in the planet’s clouds to support life as we know it. The team started studying the possibility of life in Venus’ clouds after a surprise announcement in September of last year. At that time, a team of scientists said they used telescopes to find evidence of the chemical phosphine in the thick clouds covering the planet. Phosphine is a poisonous gas. But on Earth, it is only associated with life. The organizers of the study and other experts agreed that the presence of phosphine was not proof of life. Their findings, however, suggested that organisms could exist in the thick, sulfuric acid-filled clouds of Venus. But researchers of the recent study used observations from spacecraft. They found that the amount of water in Venus’ atmosphere is more than 100 times too low to support life like Earth’s. John Hallsworth is a microbiologist at Queen's University Belfast in Northern Ireland. He said the amount of water is very low and an unbridgeable distance from what life requires to be active. His team studied the most dry-tolerant and also the most acid-tolerant microbes on Earth. The team then decided that the microbes could not survive on Venus. The latest findings suggest Venus is unlikely to have water-based organisms like ones on Earth. But the researchers identified another planet with enough water in its clouds and the right temperatures to support life Jupiter. Now I'm not suggesting there's life on Jupiter and I'm not even suggesting life could be there, Hallsworth told reporters. The team said it was not sure if the nutrients necessary for life existed in Jupiter’s atmosphere. But still, it's a profound and exciting finding and totally unexpected, Hallsworth said. Hallsworth and NASA astrobiologist Chris McKay wrote about their findings in Nature Astronomy, published in late June. They said further studies will be needed to learn whether microbial life might exist deep in the clouds of Jupiter.
Title: Which of Earth’s Neighbors Might Hold Life?
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5190/C.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Which of Earths Neighbors Might Hold Life?' data-article-id='5733'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='5958'>A new study says life in the clouds of Venus is unlikely.</span> <span data-start-time='5958' data-end-time='18438'>Scientists from Europe and the U.S. say there is not enough water in the planet’s clouds to support life as we know it.</span> <span data-start-time='18438' data-end-time='31479'>The team started studying the possibility of life in Venus’ clouds after a surprise announcement in September of last year. </span> <span data-start-time='31479' data-end-time='47021'>At that time, a team of scientists said they used telescopes to find evidence of the chemical phosphine in the thick clouds covering the planet. </span> <span data-start-time='47021' data-end-time='50563'>Phosphine is a poisonous gas. </span> <span data-start-time='50563' data-end-time='55896'>But on Earth, it is only associated with life.</span> <span data-start-time='55896' data-end-time='66646'>The organizers of the study and other experts agreed that the presence of phosphine was not proof of life. </span> <span data-start-time='66646' data-end-time='78646'>Their findings, however, suggested that organisms could exist in the thick, sulfuric acid-filled clouds of Venus.</span> <span data-start-time='78646' data-end-time='86563'>But researchers of the recent study used observations from spacecraft. </span> <span data-start-time='86563' data-end-time='99188'>They found that the amount of water in Venus’ atmosphere is more than 100 times too low to support life like Earth’s.</span> <span data-start-time='99188' data-end-time='109667'>John Hallsworth is a microbiologist at Queen's University Belfast in Northern Ireland. </span> <span data-start-time='109667' data-end-time='121458'>He said the amount of water is very low and an unbridgeable distance from what life requires to be active.</span> <span data-start-time='121458' data-end-time='131438'>His team studied the most dry-tolerant and also the most acid-tolerant microbes on Earth. </span> <span data-start-time='131438' data-end-time='138521'>The team then decided that the microbes could not survive on Venus.</span> <span data-start-time='138521' data-end-time='148792'>The latest findings suggest Venus is unlikely to have water-based organisms like ones on Earth.</span> <span data-start-time='148792' data-end-time='161896'>But the researchers identified another planet with enough water in its clouds and the right temperatures to support life Jupiter.</span> <span data-start-time='161896' data-end-time='173000'>Now I'm not suggesting there's life on Jupiter and I'm not even suggesting life could be there, Hallsworth told reporters. </span> <span data-start-time='173000' data-end-time='182292'>The team said it was not sure if the nutrients necessary for life existed in Jupiter’s atmosphere.</span> <span data-start-time='182292' data-end-time='191229'>But still, it's a profound and exciting finding and totally unexpected, Hallsworth said.</span> <span data-start-time='191229' data-end-time='203938'>Hallsworth and NASA astrobiologist Chris McKay wrote about their findings in Nature Astronomy, published in late June. </span> <span data-start-time='203938' data-end-time='214063'>They said further studies will be needed to learn whether microbial life might exist deep in the clouds of Jupiter.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' 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