Curiosity May Have Found Information About Mars That Will Go Down In History [News]

When the Curiosity of NASA landed on the Mars, many fans and believers of aliens were eager to know what would be discovered. After a while, most of these people were quite disappointed, after all, nothing astonishing was found. Although it’s work didn’t created much of news, the sensors of Curiosity recently found something that is making NASA scientists very excited. According to John Grotzinger, principal investigator for the Curiosity rover mission, these new information have great chances of entering the history books. However, the NASA didn’t confirm or disclose any facts regarding this report as of this date, because they did not want to risk disclose something that is not true, as that would take away the credit of future results coming from Curiosity.

Curiosity found traces of Methane which may support Pre or Post life concept in Mars. Methane (A chemical compound with the formula of CH4) is probably the most profuse organic compound on Earth. NASA scientists haven’t disclosed any information yet, but the source confirms that they are checking the information for final proof.

According to John Grotzinger, Curiosity found traces of methane in a sample of Martian air - and this substance is produced by living things, at least on Earth. However, scientists will take a few weeks researching based on this information, because it is necessary to know if the probe itself carried gas to Mars, which would tamper analyzes.

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