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NASA Rover Finds Active and Ancient Organic Chemistry on Mars
JPL ^ | Dec 16, 2014 | Staff

Posted on 12/16/2014 4:22:20 PM PST by Islander7

NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has measured a tenfold spike in methane, an organic chemical, in the atmosphere around it and detected other organic molecules in a rock-powder sample collected by the robotic laboratory's drill.

"This temporary increase in methane -- sharply up and then back down -- tells us there must be some relatively localized source," said Sushil Atreya of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, a member of the Curiosity rover science team. "There are many possible sources, biological or non-biological, such as interaction of water and rock."

(Excerpt) Read more at jpl.nasa.gov ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Education; Reference; Science
KEYWORDS: annarbor; life; mars; methane; michigan; nasa; panspermia; science; sushilatreya; uofmichigan; xplanets
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To: Empireoftheatom48

There’s also dark rings around Uranus.


21 posted on 12/16/2014 11:34:01 PM PST by uglybiker (nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-BATMAN!)
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To: no-s

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22 posted on 12/17/2014 4:15:24 AM PST by Riflema
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To: Red Badger

Do we finally have proof of life on Mars?


23 posted on 12/17/2014 6:16:24 AM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/ _____________________ Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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Note: this topic is from 12/16/2014 . Thanks Islander7.
 
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24 posted on 01/08/2015 2:44:46 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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