Stuart Goldman wrote:

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* * * SKY & TELESCOPE's WEEKLY NEWS BULLETIN - November 12, 2004 * * *

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MARS METHANE BOOSTS CHANCES FOR LIFE

Tantalizing new evidence possibly suggestive of current life on Mars has just
been reported by two independent teams. The groups, led by Michael J. Mumma
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) and Vladimir A. Krasnopolsky (Catholic
University of America), have found the spectral signature of methane (CH4) in
the Martian atmosphere. Mumma's team found significant enhancements of methane
near the equator, while Krasnopolsky's results show a global level of
atmospheric methane....

Methane gas is a potential biomarker because various photochemical and other
processes destroy it on Mars. Without being continually replenished, it would
disappear from the atmosphere in about 340 years or less. On Earth,
microorganisms are by far the dominant source of methane gas....

http://SkyandTelescope.com/news/article_1389_1.asp


Good Grief! This very old news! Did FOX buy out Smoke &* Telescope?