A habitable zone in the atmosphere of Venus?, by Dr Emily Drabek-Maunder

The discovery of chemical compounds known as phosphines in the atmosphere of Venus might just possibly be an indicator that there is some form of life in the clouds of the hottest planet in our Solar System. In this talk, ROG astronomer Emily Drabek-Maunder – who is also a co-author of the key paper about this discovery – explains the research, what it means, and what happens next.

Dr Emily Drabek-Maunder is an astrophysicist and Senior Manager of Public Astronomy at the Royal Observatory Greenwich. For the past ten years, she has studied the formation of solar systems using long wavelength telescopes (infrared to radio) located around the world. She obtained her PhD in Physics from the University of Exeter studying the formation of stars and BSc in Physics and Mathematics from Loyola University New Orleans. Emily has previously worked as a researcher at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory outside of Chicago, USA, Imperial College London and Cardiff University. She is a part of the research team that recently announced the discovery of phosphine, a possible biosignature, in the atmosphere of Venus.

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