Methane + Rocks = Mars

[Tuckerfan]

Life as we know it, may not be responsible for it, after all.

New research on a green mineral that degrades easily in water and is present over much of the Martian surface is fuelling debates over the history of water and the current existence of life on the Red planet.

One study reveals that a region rich in the mineral olivine - which suggests it is has been “dry” for about 3 billion years - is actually four times larger than previously thought. That adds to a growing body of evidence suggesting Mars was mostly cold and dry - and not warm and wet - in the past.

The second study asserts that subsurface reactions of olivine and water could produce enough methane to account for recent observations of the gas in the atmosphere, removing the need to invoke living microbes to do the job.

[Revtim]

shit.

[Tuckerfan]

@Revtim

shit.

Nope, there’s none of that there, either. Can’t have shit without life, I’m afraid (or is the other way around?).

[Anne_Neville]

indeed. I would really like for there to be life on Mars. I’m not sure why, but I think the solar system would be a cooler place if there were.

[Sir_Dirx]

Well, there’s still Europa.

[Eleusis]

@Sir Dirx

Well, there’s still Europa.

And Roswell

[Bippy_the_Beardless]

That explains why they don’t taste as good as the used to, and I’m sure they’ve got smaller as well.

[Girl_From_Mars]

No, nothing going on here at all. The daytime TV sucks too.