It's Official: Oxygen Has Been Directly Detected in Venus' Dayside Atmosphere
It's Official: Oxygen Has Been Directly Detected in Venus' Dayside Atmosphere
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It's Official: Oxygen Has Been Directly Detected in Venus' Dayside Atmosphere
TLDR sunlight hits the carbon-dioxide in the atmosphere and splits it into carbon-monoxide and oxygen then on the night side it recombines.
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..
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?
you are a god send