First methane, now oxygen: gaseous mysteries on Mars puzzle scientists0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 19, 2019
Oxygen on Mars behaves in ways scientists can’t seem to explain yet, according to NASA.
Oxygen on Mars behaves in ways scientists can’t seem to explain yet, according to NASA.
It was just a couple of days ago that NASA announced something pretty exciting about Mars. Its Curiosity rover had detected shockingly high levels of methane, suggesting an unseen geological or even biological process was at work on the planet. Signs of past or present life? Perhaps, but a follow-up reading has now generated more questions than answers.
Gas detected by Curiosity rover may have been released from fractured Martian permafrost
The rover also discovered more signs of organic molecules