ALIEN “splotches” on Venus which have stumped scientists for more than a century are more mysterious than first thought.
Scientists studying Venus have discovered its strange dark spots are actually affecting the planet’s climate. Researchers have known about the ever-changing “splotches” on the Venusian surface for more than a century. But they have however never been explained, with some experts even suggesting they could be evidence of alien life.
Venus’ hot, harsh atmosphere is thick with carbon dioxide and sulphuric acid.
Atmospheric gases circulate amid cloud layers according to perplexing patterns.
These Venusian clouds contain strange, dark patches, called “unknown absorbers” because they absorb large amounts of solar radiation.
Now, a team of scientists led by Technical University of Berlin researcher Dr Yeon Joo Lee, has shown these unknown absorbers are affecting Venus’ weather.
On Venus, as on Earth, the energy driving the atmosphere’s winds derives from the Sun.
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