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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."

21 of 283 comments (clear)

  1. 1st! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Woo!

  2. Where's Dan Dare when you need him? by Nighttime · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Life on Venus? Could a Mekon-led Treen invasion of Earth be imminent?

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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:Where's Dan Dare when you need him? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      SOME moderator needs to get a sense of HUMOR!

  3. Re:frost pist biatch by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Bitter, bitter apples.

  4. 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

  5. Re:Rinse and repeat!!! Rinse and repeat!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    No, it is impossible to stop duplicate Slashdot posts.

  6. 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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  7. Re:See also by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    2nd post actually

  8. Live on Venus by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I have had a very strong feeling of the beginning of life on venus, it will be the next earth, not soon but in time it will, all parth of the earth cycle.

  9. Re:Sounds familiar... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Is there any article about signs of life on Uranus? There must be bacteria there.

  10. war of the worlds.. by joshua_thijssen · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    uh-oh.. We all know what happens when you encounter alien bacteria.. We should just stick to healty little green men before we all get the venusian flu..

  11. Re:Wont effect me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Dude, I pity you.

  12. There is extraterrestrial life! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And we've found that it's letting gas. Wait, it's just the space station again.

  13. Re:Sounds familiar... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Not to mention the crabs.

  14. bacteria only? by skrotnisse · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Here i thought that aliens were intelligent. But no, they had to be stupid bacteria! crap, no warpdrive for me then!

  15. Re:Danger - Charged Words by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Oh come on, there was potential for a fun thread with the 'oh yeah, who enhanced them?' question.

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

    This Article - Score:0 Redundant

  18. 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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  19. TIMMMOOYYYY by cheekyboy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    TIMMMOOYYYY

    heheeh heheheh

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