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Life in the Clouds of Venus? Maybe Not.


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Life in the clouds of Venus? Maybe not. A new study suggests that the phosphine (a gas often created by life) recently found in the atmosphere of Venus is actually from boring sulfur dioxide, which isn't associated with life.