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Phosphine on Venus?

An announcement in 2020 that phosphine had been found on Venus turned out to be controversial

Artist’s impression of the surface of Venus

The terms in bold link to topics in the AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and CCEA A-level specifications, as well as the IB, Pre-U and SQA exam specifications.

The possible detection of phosphine on Venus involves line spectra, quality of data and experimental uncertainty, and the process of peer review by the scientific community.

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