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<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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and the right temperature to support life?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Jupiter'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5190/mars.wav'><span>Mars</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5190/jupiter.wav'><span>Jupiter</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5190/saturn.wav'><span>Saturn</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5190/mercury.wav'><span>Mercury</span></div></div></div><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=17702 data-hint-location='18438' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5190/what_is_a_surprise.wav'>What is a surprise?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='an unexpected or astonishing event, fact, or 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