Mars Mystery Solved: Methane Seeping Out Through Salt Seals Discovered by NASA’s Curiosity Rover
PASADENA, Calif. – The Curiosity rover on Mars has made a surprising discovery, detecting methane seeping from the surface of Gale Crater, raising questions among scientists about the source and behavior of the gas. While methane is predominantly produced by living organisms on Earth, the lack of current or ancient life signs on Mars has puzzled researchers. The rover’s portable chemistry lab, known as Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM), has consistently found traces of methane …