There May Be Life on Venus, but Here’s a Good Reason We Definitely Shouldn’t Seek It Out
Posted at 5:00 am on September 15, 2020 by Joe Cunningham
Earth, Venus, and similar planets/AP featured image
This illustration provided by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics shows artist’s renderings of planets Kepler-20e and Kepler-20f compared with Venus and the Earth. Scientists have found the two Earth-sized planets orbiting a distant star, an encouraging sign for prospects of finding life elsewhere. The discovery shows that such planets exist and that they can be detected by the Kepler spacecraft, said Francois Fressin of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Mass. They?re the smallest planets found so far outside the solar system. Scientists are seeking Earth-sized planets as potential homes for extraterrestrial life, said Fressin, who reports the new findings in a paper published online Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2011 by the journal Nature. (AP Photo/Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) Scientists have discovered enough of a certain gas in the atmosphere of Venus that could indicate the existence of life on the planet’s surface. This discovery has scientists curious to learn more and journalists eager to write stories that we may not be the only life even in this solar system, much less the universe.
The cynic might suggest that journalists are seeking intelligent life as a way to disprove to Christians that we aren’t God’s special creation. That there exists other, probably more developed life out there that is totally superior to our broken, hate-filled, and racist society here on earth. The cynic might also suggest that journalists are looking for clues as to how life can survive on a planet that is super hot, as though that may give us clues as to how we must adapt when global warming comes for us.
The cynic will also point out that the only other interest in space that most of these journalists have is in alternative energy provided by the heavens, even if it doesn’t always work out like they’d want it to.
Friends, I am no cynic and I am fully aware of why journalists and people all over social media appear excited about this discovery.
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https://www.redstate.com/joesquire/2020/09/15/life-on-venus-seek-it-out/
