Venus Biosignatures Update Podcast Extra

<p>As the exciting news of phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus turns into a point of contention in the astronomy world, we caught up with the study’s lead scientist Professor Jane Greaves for the inside track. In this interview we discuss:</p> <ul> <li>Getting time on a range of professional telescopes time for a risky hypothesis</li> <li>How life could survive in the extreme environment of Venus’ highly acidic atmosphere</li> <li>Floating graphite balloons in Venus’ atmosphere</li> <li>Scientific challenges to this discovery being helpful rather than unwanted</li> <li>Blinding NASA pilots in the name of science</li> </ul>