Curiosity Rover Finds Martian Methane Lacking

Mark Carreau September 23, 2013
Measurements of methane in the Martian atmosphere made by the Tunable Laser Spectrometer aboard NASA’s Curiosity rover since the August 2012 landing in Gale Crater find surface concentrations of the gaseous hydrocarbon much too low to support subsurface biological activity as a source. Yet the...

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