# Bains 2024: Source of phosphine on Venus—An unsolved problem > William Bains, Sara Seager, David L. Clements et al., 2024. 5 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The current statement of the source problem by the… Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQY1MCE6E7D/source-of-phosphine-on-venusan-unsolved-problem Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Phosphine in the clouds of Venus](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/venus-phosphine)Bains 2024 **0** # Source of phosphine on Venus—An unsolved problem William Bains, Sara Seager, David L. Clements et al., 2024. _Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences 11, 1372057_. Review of gas-phase, surface and subsurface geochemistry, photochemistry and other non-equilibrium routes: none makes phosphine near the observed abundance. Either Venus chemistry is significantly incomplete or, more speculatively, an aerial microbial biosphere produces it. **Phosphine in the clouds of Venus** Articledoi: **[10.3389/fspas.2024.1372057](https://doi.org/10.3389/fspas.2024.1372057)** Checked against the original0 ## What it's used for here The current statement of the source problem by the detection team. ## The document 7 pages [Pages][Text]Page 1 of 7 [![Page 1](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/86c77376e699b93b9a98df90cde29e0d1eab677da1c2ea2ffc1af7342b8207d0/p1)1][![Page 2](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/86c77376e699b93b9a98df90cde29e0d1eab677da1c2ea2ffc1af7342b8207d0/p2)2][![Page 3](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/86c77376e699b93b9a98df90cde29e0d1eab677da1c2ea2ffc1af7342b8207d0/p3)3][![Page 4](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/86c77376e699b93b9a98df90cde29e0d1eab677da1c2ea2ffc1af7342b8207d0/p4)4][![Page 5](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/86c77376e699b93b9a98df90cde29e0d1eab677da1c2ea2ffc1af7342b8207d0/p5)5][![Page 6](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/86c77376e699b93b9a98df90cde29e0d1eab677da1c2ea2ffc1af7342b8207d0/p6)6][![Page 7](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/86c77376e699b93b9a98df90cde29e0d1eab677da1c2ea2ffc1af7342b8207d0/p7)7] ![Page 1 of Source of phosphine on Venus—An unsolved problem](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/86c77376e699b93b9a98df90cde29e0d1eab677da1c2ea2ffc1af7342b8207d0/p1) Text taken from the file. Check it against the page. ## Cited by on this site 5 records [No known gas-phase, surface, subsurface or photochemical route produces enough phosphine.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/venus-phosphine/evidence/EVD0CQY23GT4SWP/no-known-gas-phase-surface-subsurface-or-photochemical-route) Evidence EVD [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) Evidence EVD [Sara Seager](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/venus-phosphine/people/FIG0CQY1QJ02Q7K/sara-seager) FIG [Phosphine in the clouds of Venus](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/venus-phosphine) The mystery article MYS [If phosphine is present, what produces it?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/venus-phosphine/questions/QST0CQY1V766YX6/if-phosphine-is-present-what-produces-it) Question QST ## Cite it ``` Bains, W., Seager, S., Clements, D. L., Greaves, J. S., Rimmer, P. B., & Petkowski, J. J. (2024). Source of phosphine on Venus—An unsolved problem. Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences 11, 1372057. https://doi.org/10.3389/fspas.2024.1372057 ``` [Read it free at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.3389/fspas.2024.1372057)[Download PDF · 237 KB](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/86c77376e699b93b9a98df90cde29e0d1eab677da1c2ea2ffc1af7342b8207d0) Anyone can read it here; members can download it. Key **SRC** 0CQY1MCE6E7D Kind Journal article Rights CC-BY-4.0 Kept 27 Oct 2026 Checked Against the published article Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) The record Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS. [CSL-JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQY1MCE6E7D/source-of-phosphine-on-venusan-unsolved-problem/csl.json)