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Today’s Big Astronomy Announcement

Rumours have been circulating for a few days about a big astronomical discovery. Here is a video of the announcement:

Sorry, that’s the wrong video.

The actual announcement will take place live at 4pm BST here:

Until a few minutes ago I didn’t have a clue what this was about, but now I do…

Phone ship surprisingly detected in atmosphere of Venus (9)

If you would like to read more about this discovery then you can read the paper in Nature here. Several of the authors are former Cardiff colleagues, including first author Jane Greaves, as well as Annabel Cartwright and my former office mate Emily Drabek-Maunder. Congratulations to them on an exciting result!

P.S. Emily reminded me last night that I was present at the discussion with Jane that started this project, over four years ago. I remember them talking about phosphine but had no idea that it would lead to this!

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7 Responses to “Today’s Big Astronomy Announcement”

  2. telescoper's avatar
    telescoper Says:
    September 15, 2020 at 3:46 pm

    I bought the 12″ single of this version, by Don Pablo’s Animals, in 1990..

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  3. Unknown's avatar
    A Question of Phosphine | In the Dark Says:
    October 21, 2020 at 11:49 am

    […] all the excitement last month about the claimed detection of phlogiston phosphine in the atmosphere of […]

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  4. Unknown's avatar
    Phosphine on Venus, Water on the Moon, and Hype Everywhere | In the Dark Says:
    October 28, 2020 at 12:57 pm

    […] others to the perceived “hype” of the initial discovery by the authors. I watched the press conference at the time and I think the authors spoke very sensibly about their work. Of course just because […]

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  5. Unknown's avatar
    Phosphine on Venus again… | In the Dark Says:
    February 8, 2021 at 12:08 pm

    […] all the excitement last September about the claimed detection of Phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus? If you do you will remember […]

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