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It's Official: Oxygen Has Been Directly Detected in Venus' Dayside Atmosphere
(www.sciencealert.com)
this post was submitted on 08 Nov 2023
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TLDR sunlight hits the carbon-dioxide in the atmosphere and splits it into carbon-monoxide and oxygen then on the night side it recombines.
Just imagine an atmosphere so energized that it strips oxygen out of CO2. Not the coziest place to live..