Methane On Mars May Indicate Living Planet 200
Riding with Robots writes "NASA is announcing today that the definitive detection of methane in the Martian atmosphere means the planet is still alive, at least geologically, and perhaps even biologically. 'Methane is quickly destroyed in the Martian atmosphere in a variety of ways, so our discovery of substantial plumes of methane in the northern hemisphere of Mars indicates some ongoing process is releasing the gas,' said one agency scientist. The gas was detected with observations made over over several Martian years with NASA telescopes at Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Both biological and geological processes could explain the methane."
SBD (Score:5, Funny)
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Martian Global Warming (Score:0, Funny)
Greenhouse gas! That stuff is worse than CO2 ... (Score:5, Funny)
Martian planetary defence system (Score:5, Funny)
So the martians weren't knocking out our probes because they thought we were attacking - they were just embarrassed about the smell. And to be honest, this revelation does lower my opinion of martians. I think a few eons of evolution might help to teach them some manners.
Re:Martian Global Warming (Score:3, Funny)
It's comeing form the under grround citys there (Score:2, Funny)
It's coming form the under ground city's there.
Methane On Mars May Indicate Living Planet (Score:2, Funny)
Re:*insert martian fart joke here* (Score:2, Funny)
OK, but I don't really care about Methane on Mars. I'm REALLY worried about Methane from Uranus.
There... is that the joke you were expecting?
Re:Greenhouse gas! That stuff is worse than CO2 .. (Score:4, Funny)
there's still an active process on Mars that's putting it there
Oh, that's just James. He had beans for lunch again.
Re:SBD (Score:3, Funny)
Oh come on! Everyone knows there are no cows are Mars. Mars has buggalo [polov8.co.uk]!
Re:Methane on Mars, 2004 (Score:4, Funny)
Re:It's comeing form the under grround citys there (Score:5, Funny)
Bravo, you misspelt "cities" in two different ways! A good day for humankind indeed.
Re:fart jokes anyone? (Score:4, Funny)
Oblig. Futurama ref. (Score:5, Funny)
"The gas was detected with observations made over several Martian years with NASA smeloscopes at Mauna Kea, Hawaii."
Re:Send in the drill (Score:5, Funny)
Is the question "Is there oil on Mars?"
Re:SBD (Score:3, Funny)
"We cannot risk contamination of Earth cows' genetics from six-legged Martian cows."
What about six-legged turkeys? They'd be great for Thanksgiving and John Madden would no longer have a monopoly on them.
Methane (Score:4, Funny)
Wait, methane = life? So that's why aliens always begin with our anuses when studying us.