Russian scientist claims signs of life spotted on Venus

[M.D. Holloway]

How big does something have to be to show up in a photo?

Russian scientist claims signs of life spotted on Venus

The Indo-Asian News Service reported Saturday that a Russian scientist has published what he claims is evidence of life on Venus, Earth’s nearest neighbor in the direction of the sun.

Leonid Ksanfomaliti, an astronomer based at the Space Research Institute of Russia’s Academy of Sciences, analyzed photographs taken by a Russian landing probe during a 1982 during a mission to explore the heavily acid-clouded planet.

Venus is roughly the same size as Earth, but it has a thick atmosphere dominated by carbon dioxide. With an atmospheric pressure 92 times Earth’s, a waterless and volcano-riddled surface and a surface temperature of 894 degrees, the planet has never been considered a serious target of research into the possibility of extraterrestrial life.

But in his article, published in the magazine Solar System Research, Ksanfomaliti says the Russian photographs depict objects resembling a “disk,” a “black flap” and a “scorpion.”

“What if we forget about the current theories about the non-existence of life on Venus?” he wrote. “Let’s boldly suggest that the objects’ morphological features would allow us to say that they are living.”

Other research has suggested that liquid water may have once covered Venus, but the scientific consensus suggests that there have been no oceans there for at least 2 billion years.

The Venus Express spacecraft, built by European engineers, has been observing the planet since its 2005 launch. Scientists working on that project have not reported similar findings, but they also have not ruled out the possibility that life — albeit microscopic — could still lurk there beneath the clouds.

The project is largely dedicated to analyzing what its leaders describe as a “greenhouse effect”-related eco-catastrophe that once converted Venus into an uninhabitable wasteland.

Ksanfomaliti cautioned that the objects he wrote about seem to “emerge, fluctuate and disappear” in different photographs taken from a variety of vantage points.

[944Larry]

Gee whiz Lube-"Black Flaps" are a dime a dozen throughout the cosmos!

[Tervuren]

the planet has never been considered a serious target of research into the possibility of extraterrestrial life.

Bahahahha, rolling on the ground on this one, gee, whoever wrote that doesn't know what scientists once thought about Venus.

[szyzygy]

Just saw Venus through my 8" Newtonian telescope last week...

I didn't see any signs of life

[Brando]

Aren't all the enviro-whackos the ones that claim Earth will end up like Venus?

[M.D. Holloway]

How big are those scorpians?

[Racerbvd]

Just a smudge on the lens..

[Dottore]

I have heard it said, that if you stick your head up your bum as far as a lot of the boys over on PARF—you can also see life on Uranus.

[fred cook]

You earthlings will never figure it out!

[kach22i]

Somebody spiked his vodka.

I see a bunny, how about you?
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Then there is this lion cub.
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And the giant pig which roams the Earth.
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You want a disk? We got'em too.
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[icemann427]

Funny shyte, you guys...

[lonewolf]

Originally Posted by szyzygy

Just saw Venus through my 8" Newtonian telescope last week...

I didn't see any signs of life

That's cause I had the lights off.

[RWebb]

I heard this report and the Cold Fusion Research Team in Utah has just hired the Russian.

[Hawkeye's-911T]

^^^^^^
Only if he can prove he has a current valid membership card from "The Flat Earth Society"

[944Larry]

looks like a big mistake!

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[Jim Richards]

Aww shucks! So much for opening up new markets for Earthling-produced goods.

[svandamme]

Might be zombies, they don't care about Carbon dioxide, high pressure and heat

[944Larry]

all I wanted was to find out what a "Black Flap" is.

[Mark Henry]

Originally Posted by 944Larry

all I wanted was to find out what a "Black Flap" is.

Of course I had to google that and got a bunch of shoe fetish weirdness....

[azasadny]

I have trouble believing ANYTHING that a Russian scientist says...