Category: Meteorites

  • Nicole Willett
  • Comments Off on The Curious Case for Methane on Mars, methane and active organics discovered on Mars (Issue #32)
The Curious Case for Methane on Mars, methane and active organics discovered on Mars (Issue #32)

  By:  Nicole Willett On December 16, 2014 at the American Geophysical Union conference in San Francisco, a panel of scientists working on the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity Rover data announced what we have all been waiting decades to hear.  John Grotzinger stated unequivocally, “…there is methane occasionally present in the atmosphere of Mars

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  • James
  • Comments Off on Mars and Meteorites (Issue #10) UPDATED 10/27/2013
Mars and Meteorites (Issue #10) UPDATED 10/27/2013

by: Nicole Willett *****UPDATE***** NASA has released information pertaining to the origin of Martian meteorites.  The Curiosity Rover has used its Sample Analysis at Mars instrument to analyze the composition of the atmosphere of the Red Planet.  The scientists paid close attention to two isotopes of Argon that are present in the atmosphere of Mars. 

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