>>12117319No KNOWN explanation*
It is possible there is a unique or extremely rare chemical process on the planet that produces the gas. The issue with it being life is that it really opens up a 'why' situation. Like, we all can sit and go 'Why is there life?' and when I mean that I mean 'Like what is actually the point, why did things combine together to make a thing that combined together to make a thing' and so on and so forth. There is no ultimate 'why' it just happened. If there IS life on Venus that makes this 'why' even more extreme. Earth you can at least go 'Well life occured because we're in a good spot solar system wise and a nice size and we have water and so on and so forth' but on Venus? That's literally a hell hole. The fact that life either occurred there naturally or arrived from elsewhere and survived is quite humbling and I don't think people would like that in general. Makes the fact they can't get fast food seem moot.
Then again that's just me. I look at shit like those arsenic eating microbes and go 'what the shit'. Like, a microbe evolved to consume the one thing that kills 99.99% of the planet.
>>12117435Likely, yes. However even if it was the case, that is literally a massively important discovery as it allows us to use Venus as a control group for later discoveries.
>>12117440>probeNobody is gonna send a probe. Nobody wants to. This is a major issue I have with space exploration. Let me give you an example. We know there is liquid water in tthe Sol System OUTSIDE of Earth. We know this. Europa, for example. Now instead of funding an operation to send a probe with a drill and a camera and shit to explore the water for simple lifeforms... we do nothing. In 2024 (tho corona has prob fucked this plan) the ESA was due to have a probe flyby to check for suitable landing sites. In 2035, NASA was suppose to be sending a probe to check.
This could all happen before the end of the decade, or earlier... but nope. Money rules.
