[Researchers}... discovered that the amount of oxygen in Martian "air" rose by 30% in spring and summer.
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While the changes are most likely to be geological in nature, planetary scientists can't completely rule out an explanation involving microbial life.
The results come from nearly six Earth years' (three Martian years') worth of data from the Sample Analysis at Mars (Sam) instrument, a portable chemistry lab in the belly of the Curiosity rover.
My avatar was a scientific result that was later found to be 'mistaken' - I rarely claim to be 100% correct
ETA 5/8/20: I've been advised that the result was correct, it was the initial interpretation that needed to be withdrawn
Meta? I'd say so!
Methane content shows considerable variation as well. Since that and oxygen are produced by biological processes on Earth the implications are interesting but I presume geological (or should that be areological?) processes can't be ruled out.
And remember that if you botch the exit, the carnival of reaction may be coming to a town near you.
My avatar was a scientific result that was later found to be 'mistaken' - I rarely claim to be 100% correct
ETA 5/8/20: I've been advised that the result was correct, it was the initial interpretation that needed to be withdrawn
Meta? I'd say so!
It's not April 1st, and it's not funny enough to be a spoof. "These rocks, which are clearly rocks, look a bit like a bee if you squint a bit"? I don't get it.
It's not April 1st, and it's not funny enough to be a spoof. "These rocks, which are clearly rocks, look a bit like a bee if you squint a bit"? I don't get it.
rockdoctor wrote: Wed Nov 20, 2019 3:19 pm
But he's a professor, so it must be true!
Professor Emeritus: tick
working in area outside his speciality: tick
interested in diseases carried by insects: ticks
My avatar was a scientific result that was later found to be 'mistaken' - I rarely claim to be 100% correct
ETA 5/8/20: I've been advised that the result was correct, it was the initial interpretation that needed to be withdrawn
Meta? I'd say so!
It's not April 1st, and it's not funny enough to be a spoof. "These rocks, which are clearly rocks, look a bit like a bee if you squint a bit"? I don't get it.
tom p wrote: Wed Nov 20, 2019 4:07 pm
That 2nd "insect" looks much more like a cannon
So how big are those "insects" anyway? There is no scale given with those photographs, so they could be as large as a cannon. They'd probably need to have relatively large wings to be able to fly in the thin Martian air. If we ever get to Mars they'd be a great local source of protein, given that there seems to be no other plant or animal life to subsist on.
rockdoctor wrote: Wed Nov 20, 2019 3:19 pm
But he's a professor, so it must be true!
Professor Emeritus: tick
working in area outside his speciality: tick
interested in diseases carried by insects: ticks
Nicely done but ticks are arachnids.
Fixes clocks in his spare time?
Only provided minimal feedback when marking his students' work?
This place is not a place of honor, no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here, nothing valued is here.
What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us.
This place is best shunned and left uninhabited.
Professor Emeritus: tick
working in area outside his speciality: tick
interested in diseases carried by insects: ticks
Nicely done but ticks are arachnids.
Fixes clocks in his spare time?
Only provided minimal feedback when marking his students' work?
Nervously repeats the same small movement?
having that swing is a necessary but not sufficient condition for it meaning a thing
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It's not April 1st, and it's not funny enough to be a spoof. "These rocks, which are clearly rocks, look a bit like a bee if you squint a bit"? I don't get it.
Pareidolia much?
It reminded me of this thread on what was JREF by someone calling themselves "Buzz Lightyear" who seemed to think that sandstone was created by giant silicon snakes (or something like that)
jimbob wrote: Sun Nov 24, 2019 9:44 pm
It reminded me of this thread on what was JREF by someone calling themselves "Buzz Lightyear" who seemed to think that sandstone was created by giant silicon snakes (or something like that)
