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Biological Activity on Mars

Posted by Zonk on from the evil-green-things-from-outer-space dept.

visination.com writes "Recent ground based observations of Mars have confirmed the presence of water and methane. The 300 year life time of methane on Mars is short, giving scientists reason to beleive that Mars may be biologically active." From the article: "Every one of these longitudes shows a very substantial enhancement in the equatorial zone...So this is a very intense source of methane on Mars in this region. It also requires a very rapid decay of methane...more rapid than photochemistry would allow..."

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  1. Wait until .. by ackthpt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Wait until they find the Simpsons really do exist and to prevent a lawsuit Fox had them flown to Mars, along with several cases of Duff beer.

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  2. Re:I'm still waiting... by Araxen · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Well, they certainly won't find it at the White Houe in the U.S.

  3. Re:Terraforming by nihilogos · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    screw the liberal tree hugging hippy vegan strait edge freaks

    I don't think these people actually exist.

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