Is there a difference between methane from life or volcanoes?

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Is there a difference between methane from life or volcanoes?

LJK — 2/17/2005 11:28:56 PM (archived)

Just checking if there is some added or lacking chemical component in the
Martian methane to help scientists figure its origin out from a distance?

Methane is just so popular in our solar system these days.

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Latest news story on methane on Mars - Tom Brosz - 2/16/2005 10:31:59 PM
- "Space agency denies report about Red Planet life" - jms - 2/18/2005 8:07:13 PM
  - NASA Public Affairs has already done the damage control on this one - Gary - 2/19/2005 6:50:33 AM
- A lot more on this from "Badastronomy.com" - Tom Brosz - 2/18/2005 6:31:21 AM
  - the link went bad... - jms - 2/18/2005 6:37:32 PM
    - it's available via the homepage. (n/t) - jms - 2/18/2005 6:45:06 PM
- Is there a difference between methane from life or volcanoes? - LJK - 2/17/2005 11:28:56 PM
- I am STILL on record for believing that there IS INDEED life on Mars. - David F Mayer - 2/17/2005 11:17:26 AM
  - Not "on" but "under" - Nick Hoffman - 2/18/2005 3:05:13 AM
  - Rare occurance, I agree- mostly- with DFM on this point... - R.L. - 2/17/2005 9:19:51 PM
    - 1 Is Reasonable Given Life's Rapid Rise on Earth... - Mark Eby - 2/18/2005 2:07:34 AM
      - I agree that it SEEMS reasonable given our one data point, BUT... - R.L. - 2/18/2005 6:24:27 AM
- NASA Ames team claiming "evidence of life" in CH4 - dtb - 2/17/2005 1:24:22 AM
  - This is very interesting - R.L. - 2/17/2005 7:36:39 AM
  - I suspect they were blind sided by Brian Berger - Gary - 2/17/2005 5:32:09 AM
    - blind sided - JimO - 2/17/2005 6:03:29 AM
      - oh joy... more ef***g good news - E.P. Grondine - 2/17/2005 6:29:00 AM
        
        Uncle Eddie, my man...are you channeling Smythe? (n/t) - phil - 2/17/2005 6:27:48 PM
        
        Survey question on back contamination... - Tom Brosz - 2/17/2005 4:59:27 PM
        
        You've Been BDed Tom - Mark Eby - 2/18/2005 2:04:40 AM
        
        Personally... - Adam - 2/18/2005 1:13:23 AM
        
        Both of you are almost certainly right. - Tom Brosz - 2/18/2005 2:55:06 AM
        
        sounding like a crazy tree-hugger, Tom (n/t) - pwokenyaw - 2/19/2005 2:38:44 AM
        
        Don't have to be a tree-hugger to know that rabbits in Australia was a bad idea. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 2/19/2005 6:36:49 PM
        
        I Agree With Caution - Mark Eby - 2/18/2005 4:17:38 AM
        
        more incoherent than usual - Adam - 2/17/2005 10:42:27 AM
        
        re: more incoherent than usual - Doug Ellison - 2/17/2005 3:10:16 PM
        
        Have you noticed that... - Gary - 2/17/2005 4:53:45 PM
        
        re: Have you noticed that... - Doug Ellison - 2/18/2005 11:26:57 AM
        
        Crazy Eddie - Adam - 2/17/2005 9:58:27 PM
        
        re: Have you noticed that... - phil - 2/17/2005 6:30:48 PM
- If it withstands peer review, it could be a real spur for more Mars exploration. (n/t) - ebnelson - 2/16/2005 11:03:28 PM

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