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Methane Hints at Life on Mars

Gas released in high concentrations could be from bacteria

By Drew Nelles,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 15, 2009 4:38 PM CST

(Newser) – The discovery of high methane concentrations on Mars may hint that underground life exists on the red planet, the Houston Chronicle reports. Scientists funded by NASA and other institutions, using Earth-based telescopes, have found plumes of methane in such high concentrations they believe bacteria, which...   Read full story »

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