While this may be exciting news, Venus is still far from being a hospitable place for Earth organisms.
While Venus is made up of about 96% carbon dioxide, scientists just discovered there's atomic oxygen in the planet’s atmosphere.
Scientists say they discovered that atomic oxygen on Venus ranges between a chilly -178°F on the day side to an even cooler -252°F on the night side, estimating that the gas lingers around an elevation of approximately 100 kilometers, or about 62 miles. "This detection of atomic oxygen on Venus is direct proof for the action of photochemistry — triggered by solar UV radiation — and for the transport of its products by the winds of Venus's atmosphere," said the study’s co-author, Helmut Wiesemeyer. “On Earth, our life-protecting stratospheric ozone layer represents a well-known example of such photochemistry."
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