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Why is Methane Seeping on Mars? NASA Scientists Have New Ideas – NASA Science

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Why is Methane Seeping on Mars? NASA Scientists Have New Ideas – NASA Science

Living creatures produce most of the methane on Earth. But scientists haven’t found convincing signs of current or ancient life on Mars, and thus didn’t expect to find methane there. Yet, the portable chemistry lab aboard Curiosity, known as SAM, or Sample Analysis at Mars, has continually sniffed out traces of the gas near the … Read more

NASA Delivers Science Instrument to JAXA’s Martian Moons Mission

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NASA Delivers Science Instrument to JAXA’s Martian Moons Mission

MEGANE was developed under NASA’s Discovery Program, which provides low-cost access to space. The Discovery Program is managed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. The instrument science team includes investigators from APL, LLNL, Marietta College, NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon … Read more