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		Tossrock on Sept 13, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Signs of Life discovered on Venus and atmosphere They used two different observatories (James Clerk Maxwell Telescope and the Atacama Large Millimeter Array) to confirm the signal. The chances of both being wrong in the exact same way is very low.

jml7c5 on Sept 13, 2020 [–]

That suggests the instruments aren't faulty, but does not preclude systematic error.

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