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Space @beehaw.org Ragica @lemmy.ca 12 mo. ago

It's Official: Oxygen Has Been Directly Detected in Venus' Dayside Atmosphere

www.sciencealert.com It's Official: Oxygen Has Been Directly Detected in Venus' Dayside Atmosphere

It's official.

It's Official: Oxygen Has Been Directly Detected in Venus' Dayside Atmosphere

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TLDR sunlight hits the carbon-dioxide in the atmosphere and splits it into carbon-monoxide and oxygen then on the night side it recombines.
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  ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS – EXCEPT EUROPA. ATTEMPT NO LANDING THERE.
  
  It'd be incredible if it was some sort of life – even unicellular – but chances are it's probably just something more mundane.
  
  But I'm hoping for aliens though.
- Just imagine an atmosphere so energized that it strips oxygen out of CO2. Not the coziest place to live..
- you are a god send
- So you either asphyxiate or get poisoned with carbon monoxide?
  
  Well if you're high up enough that the absolutely crazy temperature (around 470 °C, 878 °F) and pressure (90 bar so like being 900m / 3000ft underwater) don't kill you I guess?

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