[Misc] Royal Astro Society to announce Phosphine gas discovered on Venus - possible life?

Papa Lazarou · Sep 14, 2020

Could be BIG news. Phosphine is a gas that is only created by life..

http://astrobiology.com/2020/09/pho...of-venus---an-indicator-of-possible-life.html

Looks like there will be a Live Stream of the announcement at 4pm here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IIj3e5BFp0

JJ McClure · Sep 14, 2020

Will probably be more interesting than the announcement from the club at 5pm

Psychobilly freakout · Sep 14, 2020

JJ McClure said:
Will probably be more interesting than the announcement from the club at 5pm

Yeah, a tad sad really when there is more chance of life on Venus than us signing a striker....

dingodan · Sep 14, 2020

JJ McClure said:
Will probably be more interesting than the announcement from the club at 5pm

They could both be related.

Work permit will probably be a nightmare though.

Papa Lazarou · Sep 14, 2020

JJ McClure said:
Will probably be more interesting than the announcement from the club at 5pm

It's a busy day.

Live Stream Cricket from Hove
Switch to Astro Society at 4pm
Club Announce new guest pie at 5pm - discuss on NSC

Dinner

8.15pm Brighton v Chelsea on SKY

Psychobilly freakout · Sep 14, 2020

Papa Lazarou said:
It's a busy day.

Live Stream Cricket from Hove
Switch to Astro Society at 4pm
Club Announce new guest pie at 5pm - discuss on NSC

Dinner

8.15pm Brighton v Chelsea on SKY

8.30pm turn off "football" and go to bed in a mood.

Swansman · Sep 14, 2020

Papa Lazarou said:
Could be BIG news. Phosphine is a gas that is only created by life..

http://astrobiology.com/2020/09/pho...of-venus---an-indicator-of-possible-life.html

Looks like there will be a Live Stream of the announcement at 4pm here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IIj3e5BFp0

... as far as we know. As with everything.

One of the most commonly used arguments against aliens visiting us or living in our solar system is that "it would be technologically impossible" or "life cant exist without X". This argument is obviously based on the belief that human knowledge / science is near flawless and that there's very little chance of anything in the universe being technologically or scientifically more advanced.

However, I always call that bullshit. So even though I think there's life out there somewhere, I'll have to be fair and say it goes both ways: maybe there is a chance this gas can be created without life, we just dont understand how.

That said, very exciting of course. I hope it is cats and women.

AmexRuislip · Sep 14, 2020

Papa Lazarou said:
It's a busy day.

Live Stream Cricket from Hove
Switch to Astro Society at 4pm
Club Announce new guest pie at 5pm - discuss on NSC

Dinner

8.15pm Brighton v Chelsea on SKY

I suppose Mrs AR and myself purchasing a new rug from John Lewis today, pales into insignificance :shrug:

Poojah · Sep 14, 2020

Well, it’s 2020 so I’m now fully expecting a Venusian invasion by the end of the week. I’ll go and put the kettle on whilst I wait for the fun to start.

A1X · Sep 14, 2020

I hear they found it on a mountain top. Burning like a silver flame.

A1X · Sep 14, 2020

JJ McClure said:
Will probably be more interesting than the announcement from the club at 5pm

Turns out there's more life on Venus than in our attacking third

Hugo Rune · Sep 14, 2020

https://youtu.be/ClivCUC9R_4

A1X · Sep 14, 2020

Hugo Rune said:
https://youtu.be/ClivCUC9R_4

Subway to Venus? Hats off to Deliveroo, that's quick off the blocks.

hart's shirt · Sep 14, 2020

Papa Lazarou said:
Royal Astro Society to announce Phosphine gas discovered on Venus - possible life?

There's every chance of life in some sense, but the question of whether it's likely to be intelligent life will probably remain unanswered.

:wink:

Hugo Rune · Sep 14, 2020

Papa Lazarou said:
Could be BIG news. Phosphine is a gas that is only created by life..

Aliens on Jupiter too?

“Phosphine is a constituent of the Earth's atmosphere at very low and highly variable concentrations........It is also found in Jupiter's turbulent atmosphere where it forms in the planet's hot interior and reacts with other compounds in the upper atmosphere.”Wiki

Bold Seagull · Sep 14, 2020

The club previously used compressed phosphine gas to fill its matchday footballs. One was used when Ulloa took a penalty.

Don't tell me it's a coincidence that phosphine gas is discovered on Venus, and a football takes 6 years 6 months to make the journey to Venus from Falmer...

Papa Lazarou · Sep 14, 2020

That very interesting. Short, but interesting.

Juan Albion · Sep 14, 2020

Well, let's hope 5pm is a little more exciting.

Igzilla · Sep 14, 2020

Hugo Rune said:
Aliens on Jupiter too?

“Phosphine is a constituent of the Earth's atmosphere at very low and highly variable concentrations........It is also found in Jupiter's turbulent atmosphere where it forms in the planet's hot interior and reacts with other compounds in the upper atmosphere.”Wiki

Yeah, but the temperature and energies involved in Jupiters interior are far greater than that of Venus, so it's feasible that it could be made naturally there. The point with Venus is that they've looked at the environmental condtions and there just isn't enough oompf there to produce it.

BLOCK F · Sep 14, 2020

Let's hope the little green men and women from Venus bring us a cure for Covid when they visit.

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