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NASA's Curiosity rover has discovered organic molecules such as ammonia on Mars that could be indicators life once existed on the Red Planet
Daily Mail UK ^ | 03 November 2021 | STACY LIBERATORE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

Posted on 11/06/2021 2:23:48 AM PDT by blueplum

NASA's Curiosity rover has discovered previously unknown organic molecules, ammonia and benzoic acid, on Mars that could be possible indicators of ancient life.

The findings stem from a new technique used by the American space agency in 2017 when the rover's drill stopped working, but the team re-routed Curiosity to place dirt samples into cups pre-filled with a chemical mixture instead of the typical empty containers.

The molecules are not biosignatures, evidence of past or present life, but according Ma毛va Millan, a postdoctoral fellow at NASA's Goddard Spaceflight Center, they are good indicators of the presence of biosignatures....

The dirt showed traces of benzoic acid and ammonia, both of which occur naturally in plants and animals, including humans....

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Business/Economy; Science
KEYWORDS: ammonia; astronomy; benzoicacid; curiosity; fauxiantroll; fauxiantrolls; mars; nasa; panspermia; science; space; xplanets
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pretty cool..
1 posted on 11/06/2021 2:23:53 AM PDT by blueplum
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To: blueplum

‘Wouldn’t count on it...


2 posted on 11/06/2021 2:29:27 AM PDT by Does so (DC: "The Chinese city on top of a hill".)
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3 posted on 11/06/2021 2:35:03 AM PDT by Kevmo (I鈥檓 immune from Covid since I don鈥檛 watch TV.馃)
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To: Does so

Ammonia is not organic.


4 posted on 11/06/2021 2:37:55 AM PDT by Glock22
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To: blueplum

Curiosity also found evidence nearby that Democrats were in charge of the Martian Government shortly before the cessation of life there ...


5 posted on 11/06/2021 2:42:19 AM PDT by SecondAmendment (This just proves my latest theory ... LEFTISTS RUIN EVERYTHING !!!)
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To: blueplum

When they find popsicle sticks on Mars, then I’ll be ready to listen to their drift.


6 posted on 11/06/2021 2:56:20 AM PDT by Migraine
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To: blueplum

Lol.. call me when you find the true element of life. Those pesky building blocks of dna, which alone mean zilch, much like any series of characters.. However, these character strings contain complex information. More pseudoscience. This message brought to you by someone standing alone in Antarctica claiming he has an effect on climate.


7 posted on 11/06/2021 2:56:41 AM PDT by momincombatboots (Ephesians 6... who you are really at war with.)
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To: blueplum

Ammonia means Mars had cleaning womyn.


8 posted on 11/06/2021 3:00:34 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Cornpop was a good dude.)
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To: blueplum

Maybe they had a pandemic, had to wear masks all the time and it killed them off. OR maybe they were mandated to get “the jab” and the poison killed them all.


9 posted on 11/06/2021 3:18:20 AM PDT by Singermom
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To: HYPOCRACY

and cats


10 posted on 11/06/2021 3:21:00 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (My favorite word is Tweezer)
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To: Hot Tabasco

Lol!


11 posted on 11/06/2021 3:22:43 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Cornpop was a good dude.)
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To: blueplum

Ammonia, Ammonia, Ammonia
Get off, Get off, Get off


12 posted on 11/06/2021 3:26:00 AM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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Ammonia, Ammonia, Ammonia
Get off, Get off, Get off


13 posted on 11/06/2021 3:26:02 AM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: Glock22

Titan (Saturn) has more hydrocarbons than earth does.
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That’s a lot of dead dinosaurs!


14 posted on 11/06/2021 3:26:45 AM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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To: Kevmo

Cause people suppress the truth or redefine it to justify their actions.


15 posted on 11/06/2021 3:35:26 AM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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Ammonia is not organic.

NH3. Not one carbon atom. Therefore inorganic.

16 posted on 11/06/2021 3:42:05 AM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: blueplum

The Martians had a thriving ecosystem, then they began their war on population and CO2.


17 posted on 11/06/2021 3:46:18 AM PDT by PTBAA
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Oh, please. NH3 is all over the universe.


18 posted on 11/06/2021 6:10:04 AM PDT by Romulus (70s7" 7.7)
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To: blueplum

Oh, please. NH3 is all over the universe.


19 posted on 11/06/2021 6:10:04 AM PDT by Romulus (70s7" 7.7)
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Thanks blueplum.
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20 posted on 11/06/2021 10:23:29 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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