Organic materials and methane on Mars

Found SIP Curaossite of the Department of Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on compounds containing carbon in samples of rock obsolete in the first conclusive discovery of organic matter on the surface of Mars, as the probe also found the sudden fluctuations of the methane in the atmosphere of the planet, a chemical found on the ground and are strongly associated with life on its surface.

Curaossite and picked up signals about the presence of organic material in the first chemical analysis carried out by the rocks within a generation Crater, a crater where the rover landed in August / August 2012 and has a breadth of 154 km.

The researchers also pointed out under the supervision of Christopher Webster of the Jet Brobbolcion Laboratory of NASA in their studies -alta published their results Tuesday at the Science US-magazine that the vehicle exploratory spotted rising emissions of methane in the Martian atmosphere up to ten times the proportion of methane in the Earth's atmosphere.

The researchers guessed that this high rate monitored by the probe due to Curaossite approached from an unknown source of methane to be.

Reuters quoted John Jrotzinger -Big scientists responsible for Curaossite- saying that there is a need for further studies that exceed the capabilities of the probe to determine whether the organic compounds and methane or one of them as a result of current or previous life on the surface of the Red Planet or whether they stem from geochemical processes?

Jrotzinger but could not hide the great delight of discovery through this online news conference at a scientific meeting in San Francisco, said, "We have made a tremendous discovery, we found organic material on Mars."