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<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Phosphine on Venus Cannot be Explained by Conventional Processes · HackerPapers discussions</title><link>https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2009.06499/</link><description>Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.</description><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2009.06499/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><item><title>Phosphine on Venus Cannot be Explained by Conventional Processes — mentioned by fbdab103</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39811982</link><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:hackerpapers:mention:2009.06499:39811982</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2024 01:02:38 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;The actual publications were far less definitive. The NY times article[0] The astronomers, who reported the finding on Monday in a pair of papers, have not collected specimens of Venusian microbes, nor have they snapped any pictures of them. But with powerful telescopes, they have detected a chemical — phosphine — in the thick Venus atmosphere. After much analysis, the scientists assert that something now alive is the only explanation for the chemical’s source. Later in the same article On such worlds, “as far as we can tell, only life can make phosphine,” Dr. Sousa-Silva said. She has long…&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2009.06499/"&gt;Paper and discussion history&lt;/a&gt;. A mention is not an endorsement.&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>astro-ph.EP</category></item></channel></rss>
