NASA Rover Finds Active and Ancient Organic Chemistry on Mars

NASA Rover Finds Active and Ancient Organic Chemistry on Mars
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 17, 2014 - NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has measured a tenfold spike in methane, an organic chemical, in the atmosphere around it and detected other organic molecules in a rock-powder sample collected by the robotic laboratory's drill. "This temporary increase in methane - sharply up and then back down - tells us there must be some relatively localized source," said Sushil Atreya of the University o ... more

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