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CBTech | September 21, 2013

Curiosity: But is not life on Mars Rover? no methane

Chris Angel | On 21 September 2013

The Mars rover Curiosity makes dashed the hopes of many researchers: On Mars, there are six times less methane than expected. The gas would be an indication of early biological life on the planet was.

Previously researchers had expected due to satellite images with huge methane clouds. Evidence of biological activity on Mars. Results from studies of the Mars rover Curiosity can now rethink researchers. It was “very unlikely” that there is microbial life on the red planet.

Curiosity had the atmosphere over long weeks, analyzed and discovered only very small traces of methane. Exactly this means: On Mars, there are six times less methane than expected

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August 2012, Curiosity on the terrestrial planets go. He studied with high-tech measuring instruments u.å. to methane and other gases. The methane gas study was one of the most important investigations of the rover. From it scientific conclusions suggest that NASA plans to publish soon.

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