We estimate the rate of destruction of phosphine as discussed above. The above calculations are in agreement with several studies on the formation of reduced. Researchers have detected phosphine gas in the cloud decks of Venus. ACSIS correlator. We investigate gas reactions, geochemical reactions, photochemistry, and other non-equilibrium processes. We show the JCMT discovery spectrum of PH3 can not be re-attributed to SO2, as the line width is larger than observed for SO2 features, and the required abundance would be an extreme outlier. Ave., Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA. Saturn's moon Enceladus harbours a global water ocean 1 , which lies under an ice crust and above a rocky core 2 . by overlapping broad emission features from the deeper, opaque atmosphere. From: Janusz Petkowski Our nearest neighbor, Venus, has cloud decks that are temperate but hyper-acidic. Phosphine Gas in the Cloud Decks of Venus, Details of the JCMT data acquisition and reduction approach. Nearly a century after the ultraviolet (UV) contrasts of Venus' cloud layer were discovered with Earth-based photographs, the substances and mechanisms responsible for the changes in Venus' contrasts and albedo are still unknown. Yet, because PH3 is spectrally active in the same wavelength regions as other atmospherically important molecules (such as H2O and CH4), searches for PH3 can be carried out at no additional observational cost to searches for other molecular species relevant to characterizing exoplanet habitability. chemical equation being solved is effectively: modified the UV transport calculation in two ways. Our nearest neighbour, Venus, has cloud decks that are temperate but hyperacidic. full-width half-maximum of the telescope beam. On Earth, PH3 is associated with anaerobic ecosystems, and as such, it is a potential biosignature gas in anoxic exoplanets. NRAO, Charlottesville, VA, database for combustion (with update from active thermochemical tables). None of these potential phosphine production pathways are sufficient to explain the presence of ppb phosphine levels on Venus. concentrations in the Venusian atmosphere. Book project with William Bains (MIT), finally published as e-book 20 November 2017 ((https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-62045-9) and in 3 weeks also available as hard copy on Amazon. mapping of mesospheric minor species on Venus with ALMA. They have worked on a partially re-processed subset of the ALMA data, so we note where their conclusions, and those of Greaves et al., are now superseded. This systematic was greatly reduced, prior to imaging, by excluding all telescope-, ALMA data reduction). We calculate that tens of hours of JWST (James Webb Space Telescope) time are required for a potential detection of PH3. what other mechanisms may be responsible for its destruction within the cloud layer. Phosphine Gas in the Cloud Decks of Venus by The Soviet Space Dog Project, released 16 September 2020 1. The ALMA data are reconcilable with the JCMT detection (~20 ppb) if there is order-of-magnitude temporal variation; more advanced processing of the JCMT data is underway to check methods. 20:40 (observation mid-points), corresponding to 05:30 to 10:40 in local (Hawaii) time. ResearchGate has not been able to resolve any citations for this publication. Reference name is uid___A002_Xd90607_X10f75.ms.scriptForCalibration33.py. thermodynamic ecology of biological phosphine production. On Earth, PH$_3$ is associated with anaerobic ecosystems, and as such is a potential biosignature gas on anoxic exoplanets. noting 1/4 successful attempts in ref. , it will be well-mixed. (ed Donald H. Lindsley) (Mineralogical Society of America, 1991). These are the, frequency in data-analysis, see below). interior and near-space environment of an Earth-like planet. These are the co-added spectra before the removal of a final polynomial baseline. It has been suggested as a key molecule in the phosphorus cycle, linking atmospheric, lithospheric and biological phosphorus chemistry. input-values, and agree within ~1% from channel to channel. © 2008-2020 ResearchGate GmbH. In this work, we address four previously stated arguments as to why life does not explore trivalent phosphorus: (1) precedent (lack of confirmed instances of trivalent phosphorus in biochemicals suggests that life does not have the means to exploit this chemistry), (2) thermodynamic limitations (synthesizing trivalent phosphorus compounds is too energetically costly), (3) stability (phosphines are too reactive and readily oxidize in an oxygen (O2)-rich atmosphere), and (4) toxicity (the trivalent phosphorus compounds are broadly toxic). Potential pathways for phosphine production. We postulate that a more thorough identification of metabolites of the anaerobic biosphere could reveal many more trivalent phosphorus compounds. magnitude in concentration, within 5 km height; for full details, see Supplementary Information. Each sub-plot spans 1.1 arcseconds on the, for fitting the spectral ripple seen with ALMA (leading to the results of Figure 2). Our nearest neighbor, Venus, has cloud decks that are temperate but hyper-acidic. limits); reconciliation with a full photochemical model is the subject of future work. Phosphorus-containing species have not been modelled for Venusian atmosphere before and our work represents the first attempt to model phosphorus species in Venusian atmosphere. As with other gases, PH$_3$ can more readily accumulate on low-UV planets, e.g. Sulfur and Phosphorus. Phosphine gas in the cloud decks of Venus An international team of astronomers announced the discovery of a rare molecule — phosphine — in the clouds of Venus. and the photochemical lifetime as our overall lifetime. The JCMT spectrum is also consistent with our simple model, constant PH3-abundance with altitude, with no discrepancy in line profile (within data, Join ResearchGate to discover and stay up-to-date with the latest research from leading experts in, Access scientific knowledge from anywhere. Measurements of trace gases in planetary atmospheres help us explore chemical conditions different to those on Earth. means a more oxidized rock and a lower probability of reduction of phosphates. Horizontal Transport, Chemical Timescales and Latitudinal Variation of Phosphine, the atmospheric regions where radical chemistry dominates. On Earth, this gas is only made industrially or by microbes that thrive in oxygen-free environments. The acidic clouds of Venus may not seem like the most promising environment to find alien organisms, but new research suggests that our nearest neighbor is host to mysterious chemical processes that could suggest the presence of life. Other PH3 spectral features should be sought, while in situ cloud and surface sampling could examine sources of this gas. Royal Observatory Greenwich, Blackheath Ave, Greenwich, London SE10 8XJ, UK. It was identified in observations of Venus made through telescopes in Hawaii and Chile in 2017 and 2019. Other endergonic processes are covered in ref. The steady-state abundance in this case is: Equilibrium thermodynamics in the atmosphere and surface, possibility of phosphine formation (Supplementary Figure 7), recalling that negative values mean, Not surprisingly, for an oxidized atmosphere with little P, none of the re, production in the Venusian atmosphere see ref. Consistently these energy-demanding processes were fueled by central metabolic routes involved in oxidative stress response and redox homeostasis management, such as pentose phosphate and glyoxylate pathways. production routes in Venus' atmosphere, clouds, su, or geochemistry, or, by analogy with biological production of. [v1] Mon, 14 Sep 2020 17:26:40 UTC (2,362 KB) Phosphorus is an essential element for all life on Earth, yet trivalent phosphorus (e.g., in phosphines) appears to be almost completely absent from biology. Phosphine gas in the cloud decks of Venus. km/s), sufficient to shift the absorption feature away from any terrestrial line at. ecosystems in subsurface habitats on Mars. PH3 could originate from unknown photochemistry or geochemistry, or, by analogy with biological production of PH3 on Earth, from the presence of life. 47,57 in the Eddy diffusion profile, tak. We thoroughly explore the potential pathways, A long-term goal of exoplanet studies is the identification and detection of biosignature gases. We critically examine the major evolutionary steps that led us from the distant origins of life to the technologically advanced species we are today. Beyond the most discussed biosignature gas O2, only a handful of gases have been considered in detail. After subtracting this component, a second much fainter quasi-sinusoid was then removed. milligrams/second. must be produced by a process not previously, might make phosphine are also highly speculative (see. Astrobiology, Senior Editor & Chief Architect:Marc BoucherEmail | Twitter, Editor-in-Chief:Keith CowingEmail | Twitter. surface boundary conditions for minor species, radicals and atoms, except for PH. However, phosphine has been detected in the hydrogen-rich atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn, where it's generated deep inside the gas giants in conditions far more extreme than those found on Venus. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States), 2005). Hence, the PH. 35. subsurface. None of the known processes can be respo, phosphine detected in the Venusian atmosphere, frequencies and their uncertainties, the energy o, frequency, with listed quantities including transition wavenumber (in GHz, in vacuum), strength (in cm, are collated in the final two rows. We present a new model for the biological production of phosphine (PH3). In this study, a helium balloon payload system was used to sample microbial cells and dust particles in air masses as high as 38 km above sea level over three locations in the southwestern United States. phosphine at these heights is very short, on the, We consider the possibility that our model contains an idiosyncrasy or error that leads to. chc 14 days ago [–] analysed data from both facilities by a range of methods and estimated systematic uncertainties. We do this by comparing the mo. models used in this paper also see ref. JG, WB, JJP, DC, SS and PR wrote the paper. These spectra have substantial ripple (Supplementary Figure 6), minimum is ~50% deeper than in the narrowband data, with velocity-centroid at ~-0.9, ~100 K are challenging, e.g. The ALMA spectrum has been scaled up by a factor of 3, the estimated loss for spatial filtering (compare the first two l:c entries in Table 1). followed refs. deeper and wider. Other PH3 spectral features should be sought, while in-situ cloud and surface sampling could examine sources of this gas. reduction), with the most-problematic being high-frequency ripple drifting within observations in, the line-candidate, ignoring the remaining passband, with the reduction script in Supplementary Software 1. Single-line millimetre-waveband spectral detections (quality up to ~15σ) from the JCMT and ALMA telescopes have no other plausible identification. The point about Jupiter and Saturn is specifically addressed in the press conference. amounts of phosphine compared to their total phosphorus content. Obwohl die Forscherinnen und Forscher um Jane Greaves von der Uni Cardiff die das damals veröffentlicht haben (“Phosphine gas in the cloud decks of Venus”) das auch nicht getan haben sondern nur vom Nachweis des Phosphin berichtet und auf den Zusammenhang mit möglichen Lebewesen hingewiesen haben. Supplementary Software 2. Our 20 ppb solution after this processing. (separate file). Atmospheric PH3 at ~20 ppb abundance … The ALMA data confirm the detection of absorption at the, another chemical species would have to coincide in rest-wavelength with, spectra of the polar (histogram in black), mid-latitude (in blue) and equatorial (in red) zones, as defined in, only this range was used in characterizati, ranges. PH$_3$'s weakness as a biosignature gas is its high reactivity, requiring high outgassing for detectability. Oxide minerals: petrologic and magnetic. Manchester, Alan Turing Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK. These included activities of oxidant detoxification and regulation, synthesis of osmoprotectants/cryoprotectants, modifications of membranes, iron uptake. The team, led by Rakesh Mogul (Cal Poly Pomona), has already posted their preliminary analysis on the arXiv preprint server. Atmospheric PH3 at ~20 parts-per-billion abundance is inferred. arcsec scale smooth distributions, and under-estimate the true absorption de. calculated with the following assumptions: photochemical destruction of phosphine. The polynomials finally adopted were of, The possible interpolation-regions within. Spectra have been offset vertically for clarity, and the polar spectrum was binned in velocity to obtain a deeper upper limit. 885-902, doi:10.1089/ast.2018.1958 (2019). Villanueva et al. atmospheres of cool brown dwarfs and hot Jupiters. Other candidate 'dips' across the band have high dispersion (as they occur only in one dataset), or cover only a few contiguous bins (much less than the line-width expected for Venusian upperatmosphere absorption). Using Gaussian process regression to analyze the Martian surface methane Tunable Laser Spectrometer (TLS) data reported by Webster et al. The planetary zones are, be significantly under-estimated, depending on th, detection, i.e. initial observations suggested a detectable amount of Venusian phosphine was present. calibration of all antennas, despite hundreds-of-Jy fluxes on the shortest baselines. Additional publications are planned on this work, expanding on the description below. limit to H2S, and latitudinal variations of CO and HF in the upper cloud layer. We review the production of trivalent phosphorus compounds by anaerobic organisms, including phosphine gas and an alkyl phosphine, phospholane. 10 for literature sources): pressures using the Lindemann expression: also below, under Photochemistry in the atmosphere). Right panel shows spectra of the polar (histogram in black), mid-latitude (in blue) and equatorial (in red) zones, as defined in Table 1. As such, the comparisons presented in this article warrant further investigations into the prospect of biosignatures in Venus' clouds. We calculate that 10s of hours of JWST time are required for a potential detection of PH$_3$. Phosphine gas found on Venus that could indicate signs of life. H$_2-$dominated habitable terrestrial planet atmospheres. Single-line millimeter-waveband spectral … phosphine line was recovered (Supplementary Figure 6). However, the fundamentally important spectroscopic properties and photochemistry of OSSO are scarcely documented. ones falling short by 4-8 orders of magnitude (Supplementary Figure 10). Phosphine is found globally, in trace amounts, in the Earth's atmosphere. Here, motivated by the commencement of observations by the Akatsuki spacecraft and by studies of future missions, we critically review spacecraft and ground-based observations of the past 40 years, in an attempt to reconcile the discordant reports with a minimal number of assumptions. Localised abundance appears to peak at ~5 parts-per-billion, with suggestions of spatial variation. Venus (Supplementary Figure 2) in imaging the continuum-subtracted narrow-band cube. Life Cycle for Persistence of the Venusian Aerial Biosphere. 2 months ago. Phosphine's production is strongly associated with marshes, swamps and other sites of anaerobic biology. implemented by average-filtering the spectrum over a moving-box of 1024 channels, fitting a 9. generate per-channel noise and check for any peculiar sub-observations (none were identified). https://www.eaobservatory.org/jcmt/science/archive/, Linstrom, P. J. chemical speciation is not known. While phosphorous acid can disproportionate to phosphine on heating, its formation under Venus. Estimated zonal, in the Venusian environment. School of Physics & Astronomy, Cardiff University, 4 The Parade, Cardiff CF24 3AA, Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Department of Physics. Going back to Venus. Further, spatial ripples are present, potentially reducing significance of real narrow spectral features. Atmospheric PH3 at ~20 parts-per-billion abundance is inferred. In this article, we provide an overview of relevant Venus observations, compare the spectral and physical properties of Venus' clouds to terrestrial biological materials, review the potential for an iron-and sulfur-centered metabolism in the clouds, discuss conceivable mechanisms of transport from the surface toward a more habitable zone in the clouds, and identify spectral and biological experiments that could measure the habitability of Venus' clouds and terrestrial analogues. temperature partition functions and thermodynamic data for ammonia and phosphine. Single-line millimeter-waveband spectral detections (quality up to ~15 sigma) from the JCMT and ALMA telescopes have no other plausible identification. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]. Measurements of trace-gases in planetary atmospheres help us explore chemical conditions different to those on Earth. Samples were collected from a high altitude atmospheric station in France and examined for biological content after untargeted amplification of nucleic acids. Callisto, but this was not seen. Venusian atmosphere, and were calculated to be negligible. In the September 14, 2020 Nature Astronomy issue Dr. Jane Greaves reports the discovery of 20 ppb of phosphine (PH 3) gas in Venus’ atmosphere, based on millimeter-wave observations. this detection cannot be attribu, production is not thermodynamically favored. We simulate the atmospheres of habitable terrestrial planets with CO2- and H2-dominated atmospheres and find that PH3 can accumulate to detectable concentrations on planets with surface production fluxes of 1010 to 1014 cm-2 s-1 (corresponding to surface concentrations of 10s of ppb to 100s of ppm), depending on atmospheric composition and ultraviolet (UV) irradiation. Our data and related calculations provide constraints on the upper altitudinal boundary for microbial habitability in the biosphere. Here we report the apparent presence of phosphine (PH3) gas in Venus’s atmosphere, where any phosphorus should be in oxidized forms. The ALMA data in-hand are no longer limited by calibration, but spectral ripples still exist, probably due to size and brightness of Venus in relation to the primary beam. Instead phosphorus is utilized by life almost exclusively as phosphate, apart from a small contingent of other pentavalent phosphorus compounds containing structurally similar chemical groups. Phosphine Gas in the Cloud Decks of Venus Having found an article that likened the title of a paper on the recent phosphine gas find on Venus to the title of a Tangerine Dream album, I just had to create something suitable. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics. Here we report the apparent presence of phosphine (PH3) gas in Venus’s atmosphere, where any phosphorus should be in oxidized forms. Items 1 and 2 are definitely doable … II. atmosphere and the number density of the atoms in the resulting plasma. A composite image of Venus as seen by JAXA’s Akatsuki spacecraft. Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. It has been speculated that the unknown and variable ultraviolet opacity (currently, (red), and the timescale at the high pressure li, Upper section: list of molecular transitions near the PH, Initial surface conditions adopted for the atmosp, Observational constraints on atmospheric concent, International journal of chemical kinetics, Chemical thermodynamics: principles and applications, The chemical evolution of the atmosphere and oceans, Origins of life and evolution of the biosphere, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.09.002, https://doi.org/10.1016/0016-7037(96)00161-5, Planet Earth: Cosmology, Geology, and the Evolution of Life and, Venus revealed: a new look below the clouds of our mysterious twin. line wings, expected to span tens of MHz; after this step, the line-center l:c value under-estimates, high orders. We suggest that the failure to find more such compounds in modern terrestrial life may be a result of the strong bias of the search for natural products toward aerobic organisms. We simulate CO$_2-$ and, We first respond to two points raised by Villanueva et al. By. If detected, PH$_3$ is a promising biosignature gas, as it has no known abiotic false positives on terrestrial planets that could generate the high fluxes required for detection. H. Transient water vapor at Europa’s south pole. different to those on Earth. Published in . (separate file). A line feature is considered to be real where this dispersion (red bar) is low, and only the candidate phosphine feature around v = 0 km/s meets this criterion. An international team of astronomers, led by Professor Jane Greaves of Cardiff University, today announced the discovery of a rare molecule—phosphine—in the clouds of Venus. In addition, polysaccharides, potentially beneficial for survival like exopolysaccharides, biosurfactants and adhesins, were synthesized. While current models include sulfur dioxide and iron chloride as the UV absorbers, the temporal and spatial changes in contrasts, and albedo, between 330 and 500 nm, remain to be fully explained. Spectra of Venus obtained with ALMA. Full details are listed here to facilitate independent analysis of the raw data. So far, only simple organic compounds with molecular masses mostly below 50 atomic mass units have been observed in plume material6,14,15. Comparison of classical theories with different H2SO4 saturation vapor pressures. “Phosphine Gas in the Cloud Decks of Venus” in Nature Astronomy published on September 14, 2020. Adopted line frequency and sources of error in velocities in spectra. Jane S. Greaves, Anita M. S. Richards, William Bains, Paul B. Rimmer, Hideo Sagawa, David L. Clements, Sara Seager, Janusz However, phosphine could form at lower (warmer) altitudes and then diffuse upwards. Phosphine Gas in the Cloud Decks of Venus. 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 730562. and processed observations at the JCMT. atmosphere was calculated using a spherical, multi-layered model, Ammonia and phosphine share many similarities (see Methods: Abundance retrieval), and can be. Measurements of trace-gases in planetary atmospheres help us explore chemical conditions different to those on Earth. 3 km/s ranges. Measurements of trace gases in planetary atmospheres help us explore chemical conditions different to those on Earth. National Lab. We argue that the first two of these arguments are invalid, and the third and fourth arguments only apply to the O2-rich environment of modern Earth. this axis appear not to self-cancel ripples. Measurements of trace gases in planetary atmospheres help us explore chemical conditions different to those on Earth. altitude dependence and temporal variation. Beyond the most discussed biosignature gas O$_2$, only a handful of gases have been considered in detail. Are humans a galactic oddity, or will complex life with human abilities develop on planets with environments that remain habitable for long enough? We note a number of previously unconsidered observations and outline some considerations for future observations. Our nearest neighbor, Venus, has cloud decks that are temperate but hyper-acidic. iterations for the calculations to converge. Specifically, both the reactivity and toxicity of phosphines are specific to aerobic life and strictly dependent on O2-rich environment. We present next the discovery data, confirmation, observations, and rule out line-contamination. (Argonne. Single-line millimetre-waveband spectral detections (quality up to ~15σ) from the JCMT and ALMA telescopes have no other plausible identification. Secure World Foundation Presents: Space Policy & Sustainability Issue Briefing for the Incoming Biden Administration, NSF/CASIS Transport Phenomena Joint Solicitation Webinar, SpaceLand's First 3D-Printer Mars Habitat as Game-Changer in Planetary Exploration Programs, Media to Briefing on Next Test of SLS Rocket Core Stage, STA Virtual Event with Jan Woerner, Director General, Are you hosting an event? More than 40 years later, another look at this legacy data has revealed evidence of phosphine in Venus’s cool cloud decks, exactly where Greaves detected it. possible delivery fluxes on Venus to exclude phosphine production by meteoritic delivery. etc. Reference name is uid___A002_Xd90607_X10526.ms.scriptForCalibration33.py. We also considered other molecules with transitions near the PH, Phosphine is also a strong absorber in the infrared, so ground-based telescopes capable of, and ISHELL instruments plus TEXES (from p, Sun-avoidance issues, so we recommend further investigation of ground-based inst. These data also in principle include the line wings, but these are obscured by ripple. I hope that I have. The usable, duration dumped by ACSIS (except that #97,100. short observations, which would add only 10% to the total time spent observing Venus. No P-species have been reported at the planetary surface. However, for the polar caps, l:c cannot exceed -0.7. issues of noise and spectral ripple (Supplementary Figure 3). Reference name of the script is, Zonal and meridional circulation of the lower atmosphere of Venus determined by radio. Line wings are forced towards zero outside |v| = 5 km/s in these spectra, and only this range was used in characterization (Table 1; Methods: ALMA data reduction). The spectra, 22 for deuteration-correction. The detection of phosphine gas in the clouds of Venus—a possible sign of life—might be due to a fluke in data processing, new analyses suggest. However, the clouds of Venus offer, observation 1. Venusian Lower Atmosphere Haze as a Depot for Desiccated Microbial Life: a Proposed. Jane Greaves (Cardiff University) and colleagues published the possible discovery of phosphine gas in the cloud decks of Venus. The data constrain the macromolecular structure of organics detected in the ice grains and suggest the presence of a thin organic-rich film on top of the oceanic water table, where organic nucleation cores generated by the bursting of bubbles allow the probing of Enceladus' organic inventory in enhanced concentrations. (Springer Science & Business Media, 2012). 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