Methane on Mars

NASA scientists have discovered methane on Mars. Scientists are not yet sure what is creating this gas, but the explanation could be biological or geological.

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• Mars
• Methane
• Planet
• rover
• discovery
• exploration
• space

[mabsj2]

Very cool. looking forward to finding life on Mars

[manolotube007]

is that methane production related to temperature? (spring and summer), if that's the case then we should be considering biological origin as the most likely source... amazing!!!

[micheals1992]

@gmanzeroalpha Even if we did manage to put the earths atmosphere on mars (which i no isnt possible) solar winds would just blast all the gas back into space. The only way we could terraform it is if we also created an artifical magnetic feild which i suppose wouldnt be very hard with almost unlimited resources.

[gmanzeroalpha]

@micheals1992 No.

The Martian atmosphere is 1% the density of earth.

We would have to be bring our own atmosphere. ... and no that is not possible.

[MazeleyFanClub]

@micheals1992 No. Not unless you're talking about billions of years from now when the sun may become a red giant. But humans probably won't even see the year 2300 so don't hold your breath lol.

[GINNERMAN123]

@sirajrizvi it's normally produced as a byproduct of respiration in microbial organisms. Basically germ farts lol, the amount probably increases in spring and summer because rising temperatures would give any microbes enough energy to flourish and respire and belch out methane!

[sirajrizvi]

What does methane do? What is the job of methane and how is it made? I mean what kind of role does it play in every day life? There there any educated person who can educate this ignorant one? Please! Thanks.

[Darkfoster22]

Mars has a many mag fields very small because the core stoped long ago...That info came from a mission...

Also Methane, and mix of gasses are being blowed away by the solar wind...

Mars heart some how needs to jump started and and mars needs a good size moon to pull on the core...So it does not stop later on...Yes Mars has two small moons, If they can be move to make one big moon this will do... So the math your self.

[Helge129]

Says who? Mars also could simply have no ferro-metals in its core -> no mag. field.

[Helge129]

methane is Hydrogen and Carbon. Also Methane = big part of the mix of gasses that farts are -> evidence of life.