Venus has signs of life as scientists detect evidence of organic matter on planet
signs of life on the planet, scientists have said.Phosphine gas has been detected by experts in the planet’s atmosphere, suggesting it could host unknown photochemical or geochemical processes.On Earth, phosphine – a colourless gas that has the smell of garlic or decaying fish – is produced from the breakdown of organic matter.While conditions on the surface of Venus are hostile to life, the environment of its upper cloud deck is temperate.Boffins are at odds over the study in Nature Astronomy.Jane Greaves, from Cardiff University, said that traces of the gas were not “robust” evidence for microbial life.She added that they did indicate potentially unknown processes going on within the clouds.But Associate Professor Alan Duffy, an