rahmansunbeam Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Just saw the news after the holiday. Curiosity found firm clue that Mars may harbor life somewhere under its shell. Scientists confirmed that the rover found sources of methane coming our from the underground. The scientists are not sure about the source, but 95 percent of methane (CH4) here in Earth is produced by various lifeforms. The discovery was reported at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. “It is one of the few hypotheses that we can propose that we must consider as we go forward,” said John P. Grotzinger, the mission’s project scientist.The scientists also reported that for the first time, they had confirmed the presence of carbon-based organic molecules in a rock sample. The so-called organics are not direct signs of life, past or present, but they lend weight to the possibility that Mars had the ingredients required for life, and may even still have them. Full news at NY Times, BBC. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 this is great news, but of course methane source can be anything, and some are not only life forms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arhanghelul Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 yea, some alien visitors could have released, accidentaly, some methane gas after eating beans or drinking Coca-Cola Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_s1ngh Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 now we can move on to the Mars to make it polluted 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rahmansunbeam Posted September 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 It's now official! there is water on Mars. pic- Channels created by running water in the Hellas crater Photo: NASA pic - These dark, narrow, 100 meter-long streaks called recurring slope lineae flowing downhill on Mars are inferred to have been formed by contemporary flowing water. Recently, planetary scientists detected hydrated salts on these slopes at Hale crater, corroborating their original hypothesis that the streaks are indeed formed by liquid water. The blue color seen upslope of the dark streaks are thought not to be related to their formation, but instead are from the presence of the mineral pyroxene. The image is produced by draping an orthorectified (Infrared-Red-Blue/Green(IRB)) false color image (ESP_030570_1440) on a Digital Terrain Model (DTM) of the same site produced by High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (University of Arizona). Vertical exaggeration is 1.5. Photo: NASA Just saw the Google doodle, searched and posted. I still can't believe ! theguardian.com nymag.com CNN NASA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabersan Posted September 29, 2015 Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 It's pretty cool and it gives hope to find life elsewhere in the universe. darksabersan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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