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Ammonia Could Indicate Life On Mars

Posted by michael on from the interplanetary-slime-mold dept.

Young Master writes "Just seen this story on good old Auntie Beeb, apparently traces of ammonia have been found in the Martian atmosphere. Ammonia doesn't last long on Mars, so it must be constantly replenished - it could be active volcanoes (none yet found), or it could indicate life..." Along with the detection of methane, Mars is starting to look a lot less dead than had been supposed.

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  1. first post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    primer!

  2. I hope life is discovered there. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    For no reason other than it would be cool.

  3. free ipod by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    free ipod!

  4. Re:Ammonia and methane? by sp0rk173 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And their poo-hole is located right above their head. Personally, I find their way of life dirty and disgusting, but to each his own.

  5. gassy life? by flmngbrd · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    thats only in the monin'. when they're up makin brefast or sumtin. woooo woooo life on mars

  6. Old news.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Nothing to see here. Move along.

  7. *SIX* FIRST POSTS THAT ARE +5! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This fucking troll has had the first post on six articles in a row and has been modded +5 on all. LUSER.

    1. Re:*SIX* FIRST POSTS THAT ARE +5! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      And on top of that, s/he hasn't contributed anything other than repeating bits of the article!

      But then, the mods ARE rather ignorant, and can't really be expected to read the article that the discussion they are moderating pertains to, can they?

  8. traces of wmd? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I for one, welcome our Martian-WMD-Developing overlords.

    How long till they implicate connections between saddam, osama, 9-11, and mars?

  9. Kungfu on Mars by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hopefully we can have great stuff like this on mars too :

    http://66.90.75.92/suprnova//torrents/2092/Cheng -D u-Wushu-Nationals-2003-avi.torrent

  10. "just seen"? Hellllllloooo yokel. by gosand · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No better way to point out that you are a redneck than to say you "just seen" something. Hilarious, in a tragic sort of way.

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    My beliefs do not require that you agree with them.