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Phosphine on Venus Cannot Be Explained by Conventional Processes
William Bains, Janusz J. Petkowski, Sara Seager et al., 2021. Astrobiology 21(10), 1277–1304.
A survey of abiotic routes to phosphine on Venus (atmospheric, surface, subsurface, lightning, volcanic, meteoritic) concluding none produces enough.
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The chemistry argument that phosphine, if present, has no known abiotic source.
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Bains, W., Petkowski, J. J., Seager, S., Ranjan, S., Sousa-Silva, C., Rimmer, P. B., & et al. (2021). Phosphine on Venus Cannot Be Explained by Conventional Processes. Astrobiology 21(10), 1277–1304. https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2020.2352
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title = {Phosphine on Venus Cannot Be Explained by Conventional Processes},
journal = {Astrobiology 21(10), 1277–1304},
year = {2021},
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Bains, William et al.. “Phosphine on Venus Cannot Be Explained by Conventional Processes.” Astrobiology 21(10), 1277–1304 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2020.2352.