Life from Venus Blown to Earth?


	Life from Venus Blown to Earth?

valann 47

7-26-2008 3:07 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/15e15ae2-2e77-4ad2-99a8-eb967a9714c8/78F3ABFB-ADA8-427D-8025-10AE0C64165C/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/7525390.stm" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/7525390.stm" style="font-size: 11px;">news.bbc.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/7525390.stm"><P class="first"><B>Life on Venus could be blown to Earth by powerful winds, scientists claim.</B>
</P><P>Previous research has considered the possibility of micro organisms existing in Venus's atmosphere despite extreme temperatures on its surface.
</P><P>But two scientists at the Cardiff Centre for Astrobiology say microbes from Venus could actually be blown into the Earth's atmosphere by solar winds.
</P><P>Their findings follow analysis of data from the European Space Agency's Venus Express probe, launched in 2005.
</P><P>Prof Chandra Wickramasinghe and Dr Janaki Wickramasinghe claim Venus's clouds contain chemicals that are consistent with the presence of micro organisms. 
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/7525390.stm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.bbc.co.uk/img/691EBB4F-EF0B-481E-835F-0BEB45FA48CD" alt="Venus' southern atmosphere (Photo: ESA/ MPS/DLR/IDA) " /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/7525390.stm"><DIV class="cap">Temperatures on the surface of Venus can reach 464C (867F)</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/7525390.stm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.bbc.co.uk/img/6058037C-22A0-442D-B28C-F2DE23FD4FCF" alt="Artist's impression of lightning on Venus (Pic: J Whatmore) " /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/7525390.stm"><P>This process would only take days or weeks.
</P><P>But the Sun, Earth and Venus must be suitably aligned, which last happened in 2004 and will not happen again until 2012.
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