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In 2003, scientists from NASA's Goddard Space Center made the first-ever detection of trace amounts of methane in Mars' atmosphere, a find which was confirmed a year later by the ESA's Mars Express orbiter. In December of 2014, the Curiosity rover detected a tenfold spike of methane at the base of the Gale Crater, and uncovered evidence that indicated that Mars has a seasonal methane cycle, where levels peak in the late northern summer.
The existence of methane gas on Mars has been long been held to be potential evidence for the existence of past or present life. So it was quite the downer last week (on Dec. 12th) when the science team behind one of the ESA's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) spectrometers announced that they had found no traces of methane in Mars' atmosphere.
Maybe the Martians are hiding.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday December 22 2018, @06:32AM (2 children)
I was already planning on posting the submission, but complaining about it doesn't help and is off-topic.
Yes, it's unfortunate when a solid wall of Phoenix666 or my own submissions go up. I don't want that to be the case. You can ask martyb or Fnord666 why those were all posted, but I'm guessing it's because P666 subs are generally better, more science/tech related, and less political. When they are in a rush, they will gravitate towards those.
Not getting your sub posted ASAP is not the end of the world. Us deleting it is the end of the world.
[SIG] 10/28/2017: Soylent Upgrade v14 [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday December 22 2018, @06:57AM
No, only the End of the World as We Know It. Or something like that . . .
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Saturday December 22 2018, @08:48AM
I feel jokes are best when they’re old, like a fine wine or French cheese.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]