Scientist have found life on Venus

A sensational statement was made head of Institute of Geochemistry and analytical chemistry named. Vernadsky of the Russian Academy of Sciences, academician Mikhail Marov. Version scientist, life on Venus could exist in the upper cloud layer, where conditions are not so severe as on the surface of the planet.

Russian academician said that in the deep layers of Venus to find any indicators of life is unrealistic, for life can occur only in the upper layers of the atmosphere, where there is a fertile environment. Scientists know that on Venus the temperature is maintained at 475 degrees Celsius and the pressure is 92 earth atmospheres. In addition on the planet is vaporized sulfuric acid.

"Roughly speaking, the idea of finding life on Venus exists, but certainly not on the surface. We have, however, there are enthusiasts who even "see" the fingerprints of life in the hot atmosphere on the planet's surface, but, in my opinion, is many times more likely to live on the top layer of clouds, where significantly more favorable temperature and pressure", - quotes TASS marova.

Note that all research workers information conditionally Venus was obtained by the Russian spacecraft. According to the program sent to Venus were 16 probes. For example, on October 22 marks the 40th anniversary of the landing on the planet of apparatus "Venera-9", which for the first time in the history of the downlinked pictures from the surface of another object in the Solar system.

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