Remember life on Venus? One of the telescopes had 'an undesirable side effect' that could kill off the whole idea

Alas, it looks as though, for now, us humans are still alone in the pitch-black depths of space

The notion of phosphine-producing microbes floating in Venus’s atmosphere is looking more and more shaky, as scientists believe the detection of the gas may have been skewed by the antenna of a telescope used to discover it.…

from The Register