Mars Passes Methane Gas - Signs of Life

[Spade]

According to NASA:

"New research reveals there is hope for Mars yet. The first definitive detection of methane in the atmosphere of Mars indicates the planet is still alive, in either a biologic or geologic sense, according to a team of NASA and university scientists."

Click here, for details.

 

[hermanntrude]

There's methane all over titan... and no-one's claiming that means there's life there. methane can be formed by other processes.

and also the term "geological" is completely wrong. If it's mars the word should be "areological"

 

[karrie]

Life on Mars - Glenn Reynolds Hopes There's no Life on Mars - Popular Mechanics

I found the above link to be a really neat look at the issue of life on Mars, and now when I read articles that seem excited over the possibility, I can't help but look at it differently.

 

[Cannuck]

If it's mars the word should be "areological"

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that you have a tendency to be a little bit anal.:lol:

 

[hermanntrude]

actually the correct word is "pedantic". but yes. I guess so.

 

[Spade]

actually the correct word is "pedantic". but yes. I guess so.

In your defence, I would call you more donnish than pedantic.

 

[lone wolf]

So Mars farts.... Who'da thunk it?

 

[Scott Free]

Life on Earth exists to a few kilometres under the crust. Microbes live on minerals, sulphur etc, and don't need oxygen. It seems reasonable therefore to think life is probable on Mars, if life is a common thing that is, IMO. The real question is how common is life. I think Mars could help answer that.

 

[L Gilbert]

Methane exists on Jupiter, too. Therefore there must be life there. lol

Lotsa ifs flying around. Possibilities are possibilities only, not evidence.

 

[Spade]

NASA - Kepler

 

[Tyr]

So Mars farts.... Who'da thunk it?

They're going to try to "mine" in at th eDepartment of the Interior

 

[L Gilbert]

lol.

 

[Zzarchov]

Methane exists on Jupiter, too. Therefore there must be life there. lol

Lotsa ifs flying around. Possibilities are possibilities only, not evidence.

There is a very good chance of life existing on Jupiter. There are large belts where life could exist there. Life includes very small things, it doesn't require little green men in space ships, or even something as simple to us (but overall complicated) as algae or mold.