NASA rover data shows Mars had the ingredients needed for life

[JacksinPA]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...the-ingredients-needed-for-life-idUSKCN1J32HY

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A NASA rover has detected a bonanza of organic compounds on the surface of Mars and seasonal fluctuations of atmospheric methane in findings released on Thursday that mark some of the strongest evidence ever that Earth’s neighbor may have harbored life.

But National Aeronautics and Space Administration scientists emphasized there could be nonbiological explanations for both discoveries made by the Curiosity rover at a site called Gale crater, leaving the issue of Martian life a tantalizing but unanswered question.

Three different types of organic molecules were discovered when the rover dug just 2 inches (5 cm) into roughly 3.5 billion-year-old mudstone, a fine-grained sedimentary rock, at Gale crater, apparently the site of a large lake when ancient Mars was warmer and wetter than the desolate planet it is today.
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There are several possible explanations for the occurrence of the organic compounds & methane on Mars.

 

[TheRepublican]

good send these little crybabies who just realized that we still have democracy

 

[ecofarm]

good send these little crybabies who just realized that we still have democracy

That's random rage, right? I mean, it doesn't have any relevance to this thread whatsoever, right? I just wanna make sure I'm not missing something.

 

[TheRepublican]

I'm tired of these liberals crying about everything

 

[Sabre]

I'm tired of these liberals crying about everything

Did you post here by mistake? The OP is about a scientific discovery on Mars, there's no crying here - well maybe yours in the totally off the track comments.

 

[TheRepublican]

Nope I'm sick and, tired of everyone digging into this administration. that supposed to be a joke