Martian Methane = Martian Life?
Tags: MARS (Planet) -- Atmosphere; METHANE; SPECTROMETER; LATITUDE; ASTRONOMY; ALKANES
Related Articles
- Methane reveals Red Planet's active innards. Pendick, Daniel // Astronomy;Apr2009, Vol. 37 Issue 4, p20
The article reports that astronomers have said they have discovered an unknown process which is generating large amounts of methane in the atmosphere of the planet Mars. Telescopes have documented methane plumes appearing sporadically and containing as much as 21,000 tons of the gas. There is...
- What Mariner Really Saw. // Time;9/19/1969, Vol. 94 Issue 12, p80
The article focuses on the findings of chemist George C. Pimental in his infrared spectrometer on board the spacecraft Mariner 7. Pimental relates at first that traces of ammonia and methane are probably contained on the Martian atmosphere, which imply the presence of micro-organisms because the...
- Martian methane. B. M. S. // Physics Today;Apr2009, Vol. 62 Issue 4, p18
The article reports on the findings of a study conducted by Michael Mumma regarding spatial and temporal details of the first definitive detection of methane (CH4) in the atmosphere of Mars. The study found out that the Martian atmosphere is composed of oxidized gases and reduced gases,...
- Ultraviolet-radiation-induced methane emissions from meteorites and the Martian atmosphere. Keppler, Frank; Vigano, Ivan; McLeod, Andy; Ott, Ulrich; Fr�chtl, Marion; R�ckmann, Thomas // Nature;6/7/2012, Vol. 486 Issue 7401, p93
Almost a decade after methane was first reported in the atmosphere of Mars there is an intensive discussion about both the reliability of the observations-particularly the suggested seasonal and latitudinal variations-and the sources of methane on Mars. Given that the lifetime of methane in the...
- Mars out of gas. // New Scientist;11/10/2012, Vol. 216 Issue 2890, p4
The article reports that the laser spectrometer analysis of the atmosphere of the planet Mars by the U.S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) Curiosity rover did not find evidence of methane gas, despite indications of methane in plumes observed by ground and orbiting telescopes.
- Variable Conductance Heat Pipe Radiators for Lunar and Martian Environments. Anderson, William G.; Ellis, Michael C.; Walker, Kara L. // AIP Conference Proceedings;3/16/2009, Vol. 1103 Issue 1, p57
Long-term Lunar and Martian surface systems present challenges to thermal system design, including changes in thermal load, and large changes in the thermal environment between Lunar (or Martian) day and night. For example, the heat sink temperature at the Lunar equator can vary from 210 to 315...
- Recovering the Atmospheric Resources of Mars: Updating the MARRS Study. England, Christopher; Hrubes, J. Dana // AIP Conference Proceedings;2006, Vol. 813 Issue 1, p1138
In 2000 a conceptual design was conducted of a plant that extracts oxygen (O2) directly from the martian atmosphere, and that makes water and carbon monoxide (CO) as by-products. Updated estimates suggest that the amount of O2 in the atmosphere is about 2.3 times greater than that used as the...
- The Coming Exploration in Space. Whipple, Fred L. // Saturday Evening Post;8/16/1958, Vol. 231 Issue 7, p32
Focuses on the development of the science of radio-astronomy in the U.S. Telescopes used by scientists to study radio-astronomy; Efforts of scientists to determine how thick is the dust-layer of the moon; Challenges that will be faced by astronomers in determining the cause of the high...
- A Controversial Equatorial Martian Sea. // Sky & Telescope;Jun2005, Vol. 109 Issue 6, p18
The article focuses on the identification of a putative frozen sea near Mars's equator, by John B. Murray and colleagues of Open University in England. More intriguing is the suggestion that the water, now ice, is still near the surface today. According to Murray, the ice was covered quickly by...
