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goobster  ·  1510 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Revisiting Pioneer - Did NASA Detect Phosphine at Venus in 1978?

Why do they spell it "phosphine"? Isn't the generally-accepted form "phosphene"? Is this like 'behaviour/behavior', or something?





Dala  ·  1509 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It appears that ‘phosphine’ is the gas and ‘phosphene’ is the phenomenon of seeing light without having light enter the eye. So that’s a thing I learned today. Thanks for asking!

goobster  ·  1509 days ago  ·  link  ·  

OH! Two different phenomena being described by similar words. Makes sense.