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Possible Signs of Life Detected On Venus

Posted by timothy on from the well-it's-gotta-be-somewhere dept.

MoThugz writes "This article from the The Houston Chronicle discusses the discovery of mysterious swirling patches on the surface of the planet which may be communities of bacteria. These bacteria might be a genetically-enhanced version of the thermophiles which are known to survive in extreme temperatures. The article suggested the bacteria could be using ultraviolet light from the sun as an energy source, which would explain the presence of strange dark patches on ultraviolet images of the planet."

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  1. Re:Where's Dan Dare when you need him? by AyeRoxor! · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Could a Mekon-led Treen invasion of Earth be imminent?"

    Imagine a beowolf cluster of THOSE!

  2. Re:Message Received by sirinek · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    AYBABTU... thats so 2 years ago. Its approaching the level of oldness and staleness as the incessant "WAZZZZUPPPP"s you heard back in '99-'00.

    siri

  3. Re:Message Received by JPelorat · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Almost makes the days of Natalie Portman and hot grits worthy of nostalgia.. almost.

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  4. iraq... by Hadlock · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    There's likely to be a wait for any firm answers. NASA lists a Venus mission as only a "medium priority," causing Schulze-Makuch to say, "Forget about the chances, if we go to war with Iraq."

    The European Space Agency is planning a 2005 launch of its Venus Expression mission ...

    heh. why don't we get funding from GWB to send weapons inspectors to venus, so we can add those "evil bacteria" to the "axis of evil".... it's not as if our military budget isn't fucking enormous as it is, a little probe to venus wouldn't be anything particularly costly to the military...

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  5. This Article - by Tuqui · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This Article - Score:0 Redundant

  6. Re:Trash talking scientist. by p3d0 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    If voting were effective, it would be illegal by now.
    Cool sig.
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