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Venus, from NASA/JPL
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Could cells form in Venus’s clouds?

Posted on October 16, 2025October 9, 2025 by Aubrey Zerkle

Astrobiologists demonstrated that cell membrane structures can form in high concentrations of sulfuric acid similar to the clouds of Venus.

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    Scientists discover a planet-eating star

    Posted on May 29, 2025June 25, 2025 by Ben Pauley

    Astronomers studied light emissions from a star system 2 years after its peak brightness and saw that it had consumed and partially spat out…

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      A stinky noxious gas could point us toward alien life

      Posted on February 1, 2021March 12, 2024 by Sciworthy

      Hold your noses! ET life might produce noxious gases in the form of #phosphine. Here’s why phosphine is an important marker in the search…

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        Is there life on Venus?

        Posted on December 2, 2020June 13, 2025 by Sciworthy

        In September, a research group broke the internet when they said they discovered a molecule called phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus.…

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