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No life on Mars after all?
Topic Started: Sep 20 2013, 02:02 AM (170 Views)
CJ
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A very minor case of serious brain damage

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24165219

The Curiosity rover's failure to detect methane on Mars is a blow to theories that the planet may still host some types of life, say mission scientists.

Telescopes and satellites have reported seeing small but significant volumes of the gas, but the six-wheeled robot can pick up no such trace.

On Earth, 95% of atmospheric methane is produced by microbial organisms.

Researchers have hung on to the hope that the molecule's signature at Mars might also indicate a life presence.

The inability of Curiosity's sophisticated instrumentation to make this detection is likely now to dent this optimism.



To anyone who thinks/hopes that there's life on Mars, this will come as a disappointment. It doesn't conclusively prove that Mars is uninhabited, but still, it's a blow.
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Zero Revolution
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That sucks, I was looking forward to what kind of organisms they'd find on Mars in the next few years or so. There's still the possibility of life there though. :3
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