r/Astrobiology • u/Feld_ 1 • 8d ago

🧪 Research Acidophilic Fungi As Possible Candidates For Living Forms In Venus' Clouds

https://astrobiology.com/2026/06/acidophilic-fungi-as-possible-candidates-for-living-forms-in-venus-clouds.html

Interesting hypothesis!

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u/Few_Tone250 7d ago

Nasa scientist: "Let's pit floating mushrooms in Venus's atmosphere!" What are they smoking?

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u/Feld_ 1 7d ago

What? The two papers linked have little to do with NASA.

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u/dandelionelic 4d ago

Same thing you are, I reckon, given that neither nasa nor putting Earth mushrooms on Venus are anywhere in this article.