NASA Confirms Curiosity Rover's Surprising Mars Methane Discovery

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Curiosity, NASA's Mars rover, has had a busy weekend. After detecting the highest levels of methane yet seen on Mars last weekend, NASA put a pause on the rover's other science activities to follow up on the discovery. On Monday, data from Curiosity's subsequent experiment filtered back to NASA and the spike in methane levels had disappeared, dropping to background levels.

"A plume came and a plume went," said Paul Mahaffy, principal investigator overseeing Curiosity's Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument, during a NASA town hall event at the Astrobiology Science Conference on Monday. "We're very confident of the measurement."

As the news of Curiosity's startling finding broke over the weekend, many suggested the high methane could hint at the possibility of life on Mars. Methane is an important molecule on Earth and many living organisms excrete it, including microbes.

https://www.cnet.com/news/nasa-confirms-curiosity-rovers-surprising-mars-methane-discovery/

Well, Duh! Of course it confirms there's life on Mars, someone farted! :D
 
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But methane is supposed to be a fossil fuel. Oops.
Several planets in our system have methane gas without ever having had life.
But somehow, it is a fossil fuel, not a biotic, on earth.
Or are they going to claim that methane is proof that there was once life on Mars and that manmade Global warming killed Mars?

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You guys missed it, where there is methane there is a good chance there is oil.
 
Curiosity, NASA's Mars rover, has had a busy weekend. After detecting the highest levels of methane yet seen on Mars last weekend, NASA put a pause on the rover's other science activities to follow up on the discovery. On Monday, data from Curiosity's subsequent experiment filtered back to NASA and the spike in methane levels had disappeared, dropping to background levels.

"A plume came and a plume went," said Paul Mahaffy, principal investigator overseeing Curiosity's Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument, during a NASA town hall event at the Astrobiology Science Conference on Monday. "We're very confident of the measurement."

As the news of Curiosity's startling finding broke over the weekend, many suggested the high methane could hint at the possibility of life on Mars. Methane is an important molecule on Earth and many living organisms excrete it, including microbes.

https://www.cnet.com/news/nasa-confirms-curiosity-rovers-surprising-mars-methane-discovery/

Well, Duh! Of course it confirms there's life on Mars, someone farted! :D

Sorry, been eating a lot of beans lately! I didn't think my "plume" would reach *QUITE* that far!:eek:
 
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