Shock proof: Are living things present on Venus?

American scientists have identified an ingredient that can only be produced by life in the clouds of Venus.

Shocking research just published in the scientific journal PNAS claims that Venus' famous "sea of ​​clouds" can trigger a series of course reactions that make the environment much more livable than previously thought. This is the world of science.

Professor Sara Seager from the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT - USA), one of the lead authors of the study, asserted: "Ammonia should not be on Venus".

Before that, evidence of a lot of ammonia in the sea of ​​clouds of Venus has been recorded by many spacecraft and other observing vehicles. That's a strange thing because other components of the planet's atmosphere and environment are not suitable to produce that amount of ammonia.

"It is hydrogen-bound and has very little hydrogen around. Any gas that does not belong to its environment would be suspected of being produced by life," Sci-News reports, citing Professor Seager's analysis. .

The researchers built models, clearly showing that even natural sources such as lightning, volcanoes or meteorite impacts are not enough to produce that much ammonia in the atmosphere, but the live yes.

Before that, there were some other biological signs recorded on Venus, such as phosphine, but scientists still questioned it because the sea of ​​​​Venus clouds is inherently flooded with sulfuric acid. However, if microbial life exists, it can completely neutralize the acid and make this sea of ​​clouds even more livable with more "advanced" creatures.

Venus has long been known as Earth's twin, is located in the habitable zone of the Solar System, but has been unlucky in planetary evolution and has become hard to live.