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34 Memes Illustrating Humanity’s Reaction To The News About The Possibility Of Life On Venus
When it seems that the year 2020 can’t get any crazier, a team of scientists has just revealed that they detected gas in the atmosphere of Venus that could be produced by living organisms.
Stunned by the discovery, they now suspect it could put the planet in the realm of the inhabited world. Clara Sousa-Silva, one of the study’s authors, stated that “As crazy as it might sound, our most plausible explanation is life.”
And people on the internet are turning on their best-known coping mechanism for any chaotic news, which is basically memeing the discovery big time. #Aliens and #LifeOnVenus are now trending, so get ready to dive into alien tweets galore that prove we haven’t maxed out major news yet for 2020.
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Venus is the brightest object after the moon that you can see gleaming in the night sky. It reflects most of the light that falls across its atmosphere, but it turns out, there’s something really bizarre happening in the Venusian clouds.
A group of scientists has just announced that they detected traces of gas in Venus’s atmosphere that, from what we know about this planet so far, shouldn’t really be there. The scientists were left scratching their heads looking for a reasonable explanation. In the end, they came to a conclusion that this phosphine gas, which is very toxic, is produced by microorganisms.
That doesn’t mean that alien life has been detected, though. At least, not yet. But scientists say the phosphine gas is most likely created by some form of life, or alternatively, it could be a result of a chemical process that they haven’t seen before.
Since Venus is known as one of the most hostile planets in our solar system, scientists believe that if they manage to confirm the “evidence for biology occurring in a place that nothing on Earth could survive in,” it would open totally new horizons for what we know about life.
“It would throw the doors open that a multitude of biological activity could be happening, perhaps all over the Solar System," planetary scientist Helen Maynard-Casely told ScienceAlert.
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Cody Eriksen 4 years ago
This is outstanding!!! Riot *dab* Fires *dab* Free Spot *dab* Hurricane *dab* Aliens *dab* BINGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago (edited)
For those of you that don’t know, tahdig is the best part of Persian cuisine. It’s the fried crispy part of the rice on the bottom of a pot of basmati rice. You cook it intentionally to break off into crispy fried bits. I made some last night and pretty much all the time. It can be made with potato, rice, or sometimes bread and even we do it to spaghetti. You can use saffron to make it more flavorful but a good oil and some salt are just as nice. This only works with basmati rice, it’s not nearly as good with other types. .... The literal translation btw: tahdig = bottom of the pot
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Nigel Rodgers 4 years ago
This pic misleading the surface Venus isn't calm. Any mission there will be some kind of vessel that floats in the thick atmosphere.
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Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago
“It's on America's tortured brow that Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow“.
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What do you think ?
Deborah B 4 years ago
Did anyone else have the immediate reaction of "We need the scientists to stay far, far, away from venus, because any alien microbes discovered in 2020 will NOT be a good thing."
Orillion 4 years ago
Reading some of these makes me think a lot of people don't seem to know the difference between microbial life and a fully fledged civilization.
Catlady6000 4 years ago
Actually, a fully fledged civilization could very well be microbial. There is absolutely nothing to say otherwise
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sorlag110 4 years ago
I hope it's not from the probes we've sent previously to Venus. Like if it's Earth germs stuck to them that dislodged in the clouds and has managed to survive. That would be a very boring explanation.
Mohammad Ammar 4 years ago
If they've managed to survive it would still be cool.
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Cameron Gable 4 years ago
has everyone forgotten that aliens were already proved to exist earlier this year?
Cori 4 years ago
I'd like to just hibernate through the rest of 2020 and maybe all of 2021 as well. Of course I'll probably wake up to discover Trump is still president, covid is still raging with 20+ mutated strains and we're in the midst of WW3.
Bacony Cakes 4 years ago
And also there's aliens and they're chill for some reason.
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Richard Brown 4 years ago
I will only get excited about intelligent life being found. We could really do with some here on earth
TheWitchNaru 4 years ago
So microscopic bacteria = aliens? Whats the big deal? If they were bigger maybe.....
Henry Cheves 4 years ago
Because Earth has microscopic bacteria which evolved into us. The microbes didn't disappear.
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Leah Helbig 4 years ago
Look up the story of valient thor during the Nixon administration. I always thought it was just that a story but maybe not
Deborah B 4 years ago
Did anyone else have the immediate reaction of "We need the scientists to stay far, far, away from venus, because any alien microbes discovered in 2020 will NOT be a good thing."
Orillion 4 years ago
Reading some of these makes me think a lot of people don't seem to know the difference between microbial life and a fully fledged civilization.
Catlady6000 4 years ago
Actually, a fully fledged civilization could very well be microbial. There is absolutely nothing to say otherwise
Load More Replies... sorlag110 4 years ago
I hope it's not from the probes we've sent previously to Venus. Like if it's Earth germs stuck to them that dislodged in the clouds and has managed to survive. That would be a very boring explanation.
Mohammad Ammar 4 years ago
If they've managed to survive it would still be cool.
Load More Replies... Cameron Gable 4 years ago
has everyone forgotten that aliens were already proved to exist earlier this year?
Cori 4 years ago
I'd like to just hibernate through the rest of 2020 and maybe all of 2021 as well. Of course I'll probably wake up to discover Trump is still president, covid is still raging with 20+ mutated strains and we're in the midst of WW3.
Bacony Cakes 4 years ago
And also there's aliens and they're chill for some reason.
Load More Replies... Richard Brown 4 years ago
I will only get excited about intelligent life being found. We could really do with some here on earth
TheWitchNaru 4 years ago
So microscopic bacteria = aliens? Whats the big deal? If they were bigger maybe.....
Henry Cheves 4 years ago
Because Earth has microscopic bacteria which evolved into us. The microbes didn't disappear.
Load More Replies... Leah Helbig 4 years ago
Look up the story of valient thor during the Nixon administration. I always thought it was just that a story but maybe not
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