NASA Finds Organic Material, Methane On Mars.

[Andie]

NASA’s Curiosity rover has found new evidence preserved in rocks on Mars that suggests the planet could have supported ancient life, as well as new evidence in the Martian atmosphere that relates to the search for current life on the Red Planet. While not necessarily evidence of life itself, these findings are a good sign for future missions exploring the planet’s surface and subsurface.

 

The new findings – “tough” organic molecules in three-billion-year-old sedimentary rocks near the surface, as well as seasonal variations in the levels of methane in the atmosphere – appear in the June 8 edition of the journal Science.

 

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-finds-ancient-organic-material-mysterious-methane-on-mars

[OKwx2k4]

That's a pretty neat find.

[Andie]

“Are there signs of life on Mars? We don’t know, but these results tell us we are on the right track.”

– Michael Meyer, Ph.D., Lead Scientist, Mars Exploration Program, NASA HeadquarterClick for report.