NASA | The Mystery of Martian Methane

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Mike Mumma and his team of researchers at Goddard Space Flight Center have made the first definitive observations of methane in the atmosphere of Mars. The evidence of methane plumes only during certain seasons and the chemical processes that could lead to its possible sources both raise intriguing questions for future study.

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http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mars/news/marsmethane.html

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[EtaCarinae22]

Wonderful, absolutely wonderful. Let's get that mission going!

[KevinBan2]

Great Video

[drejtool]

@EtaCarinae22

I think that the russians are going there first! They are doing the preparations and tests lately!

But is a great idea to just go, no mater witch country!

[gambleyourhealth]

interplanetary cow farts.

[starview1]

Martian Farts? 

[caimingyang2010]

是火星啊！

[quaxk]

@HYPNOTICVIDEO the discovery of micro fossils in a martian meteorite is controversial, they could have been formed from inorganic structures, the question of (microscopic) life on mars remain open, look up 'ALH 84001' for more information

[jaybow1982]

@ashleylovesdaddy Well ummm, i was watching a documentary on this, but i forgot what it was called, and the scientists actually made a spinning core (that was solid) and a spinning outer layer that spun at different speeds, and they were actually able to create a magnetic field. But if it's not spinning, then there can be no more magnetic field.

[HYPNOTICVIDEO]

My question is why does Nasa always say it's microbial life? If they have already found microbial life in a meteor that fell to earth and now discovering methane on Mars does this not show a second verification that the chances of finding larger living things seems very probable ?

[ashleylovesdaddy]

@RantzinmyPantz Huh. I hadn't thought of the that. If the core is solid iron, rather than molten, does that guarantee no magnetic field?  Is it possible for iron to solidify in the core of a planet but retain the magnetic field? Does it have to be spinning? I seriously would like to know. I can't afford to complete my college degree in everything I wish I could.

[RantzinmyPantz]

Actually I'm 100% right, google movie search "Earth's Magnetic Sheild" it will show you everything.