'Life' on Mars: A factfile


	'Life' on Mars: A factfile

balthazarus

1-15-2009 4:43 AM

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mars, life, microbes

balthazarus says:

If proven, it is quite a discovery!

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1-15-2009 2:55 PM

nchnted

Where is the US media coverage on this?

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Spacecraft orbiting the planet detected a haze of methane surrounding the 
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Scientists now think that the gas is being produced by microbes living just 
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- It is named after the Roman god of war and is the fourth planet from the sun.
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- Its reddish appearance is due to iron oxide, more commonly known as rust.
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- It is the site of the highest known mountain in the Solar System, Olympus 
  Mons, which, at 16 miles tall (26 km), is around three times the height of 
  Mount Everest.
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- Average temperatures on the planet are -51F (-46C), compared to (57F) 14C on 
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