# Production by microbes living in the clouds.

> Still possible: Production by microbes living in the clouds.

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Answer · Phosphine in the clouds of Venus

# Production by microbes living in the clouds.

Production by microbes living in the clouds.

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its tests haven't settled it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Phosphine accompanied by other disequilibrium gases and by particles with biological signatures.

## What would rule it out

- Confirmation that phosphine is absent, or discovery of an abiotic source that explains it.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[The authors present a strictly aerial biosphere as an extreme possibility, not a conclusion.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/venus-phosphine/evidence/EVD0CQY240E120Z/the-authors-present-a-strictly-aerial-biosphere-as-an)

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## The questions it answers

[If phosphine is present, what produces it?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/venus-phosphine/questions/QST0CQY1V766YX6/if-phosphine-is-present-what-produces-it)

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## Cite it

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