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Title: ALIEN microbes living just below the Martian soil are responsible for a haze of methane around the Red Planet, Nasa scientists believe.
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URL Source: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2133475.ece
Published: Jan 15, 2009
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Post Date: 2009-01-15 12:10:37 by gengis gandhi
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ALIEN microbes living just below the Martian soil are responsible for a haze of methane around the Red Planet, Nasa scientists believe. The gas, belched in vast quantities in our world by cows, was detected by orbiting spacecraft and from Earth using giant telescopes. Discovery ... gas around Mars Discovery ... gas around Mars Nasa are today expected to confirm its presence during a briefing at their Washington HQ. And the find is seen as exciting new evidence that Martian microbes are still alive today. To read more of our exclusive UFO stories click here. Some scientists reckon methane is also produced by volcanic processes. But there are NO known active volcanoes on Mars. Furthermore, Nasa has found the gas in the same regions as clouds of water vapour, the vital “drink” needed to support life. Mission ... probe on the surface of Mars Mission ... probe on the surface of Mars Experts speculate that the methane is being emitted as a waste product by organisms called methanogens living in water beneath underground ice. And they would have to be alive today because the methane would otherwise have been lost from the Martian atmosphere. What a scoop ... Phoenix lander dug up chunks of ice last year What a scoop ... Phoenix lander dug up chunks of ice last year John Murray — a member of the Mars Express European space probe team — believes the mini-Martians may be in a form of suspended animation and could even be REVIVED. He has found overwhelming evidence of a vast frozen ocean beneath the dust near the Martian equator where simple life could have thrived as microbes. Today’s briefing will feature a star panel of Mars experts headed by Michael Meyer, chief scientist for Nasa’s Mars programme. UK Mars expert Professor Colin Pillinger believes the methane can only point to the presence of life on the planet. Space neighbours ... Earth and Venus rise over Mars in mock-up Space neighbours ... Earth and Venus rise over Mars in mock-up His ill-fated Beagle 2 probe was carrying a laboratory that would have looked directly for such signs of life when it crashed on Christmas Day 2003. Prof Pillinger told The Sun last night: “Methane is a product of biology. For methane to be in Mars’ atmosphere, there has to be a replenishable source. “The most obvious source of methane is organisms. So if you find methane in an atmosphere, you can suspect there is life. “It’s not proof, but it makes it worth a much closer look.” Nasa’s findings confirm studies by Europe’s Mars Express probe, which has been orbiting the planet for five years and also reported signs of methane in 2004. Britain’s top space expert Nick Pope last night hailed the new evidence of life as “the most important discovery of all time”. He said: “What could be more profound than to know it’s not just us out there? Expert ... Colin Pillinger Expert ... Colin Pillinger "We’ve really only scratched the surface — it’s an absolute certainty that there is life out there and we are not alone. “If there is life on Mars then the logical conclusion is that there must be life elsewhere too. “If it’s happened here on Earth, then why shouldn’t it happen anywhere? The implication is this is a universal law. “Mars is very similar to Earth. It’s about the same size, it’s a rocky inner planet. “Most scientists believe it probably has liquid water which is almost universally agreed as the pre-requisite for life. I am certain there is other life in the Universe and, most likely, intelligent life.” The Red Planet has gripped the public imagination for more than a century as a possible home for aliens. But life could not survive on its surface because, unlike the Earth, Mars has no magnetic shield to protect it against deadly sun radiation. The planet resembles our own in many ways. It is made of rock, it has an atmosphere and weather systems. Advertisement Although much smaller with a diameter of around 4,222 miles, Mars’ day is just 40 minutes longer than ours and its tilted axis gives it seasons. Water has been found in the form of buried ice and scientists believe that two billion years ago, Mars was covered with liquid oceans. Proof that water is still on Mars came in 2007 when Mars Express used ground-piercing radar to study the region around the planet’s South Pole. Nasa’s latest lander Phoenix dug up chunks of Martian ice last year. It swiftly evaporated into the thin atmosphere. Nasa have controversially hit the headlines before for claiming evidence for Martians. In 1996, they said they had discovered fossilised organisms in a meteorite from the planet. But other scientists were sceptical. Today’s conference will be broadcast live online by NASA TV (www.nasa.gov/ntv) at 7pm.
Poster Comment: this is all wrong. earth is the only planet with life. Jesus is going to be really pissed when he finds out all the preachers were lying. pass the collection plate!
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#1. To: Jethro Tull, Flintlock, (#0)
the hell you say?
if a people will not prosecute officials who subvert and violate the constitution, then the constitution has no authority over officials. Gengis Gandhi, Troubled Genius
oh my!
if a people will not prosecute officials who subvert and violate the constitution, then the constitution has no authority over officials. Gengis Gandhi, Troubled Genius
probably was microbes that built the massive pyramid structures in the cydonia plain, as well.
if a people will not prosecute officials who subvert and violate the constitution, then the constitution has no authority over officials. Gengis Gandhi, Troubled Genius
Sequencing may confirm previous speculations based on the absence of pork on Mars.
yep. space jews. now we're fucked.
if a people will not prosecute officials who subvert and violate the constitution, then the constitution has no authority over officials. Gengis Gandhi, Troubled Genius
The real question is what role global warming on Mars contributes to this and what can the United Nations do to punish....ahh....err...are they AMERICAN alien microbes???
it said they're alien so i am guessing its a bunch of mexican microbes there illegally.
if a people will not prosecute officials who subvert and violate the constitution, then the constitution has no authority over officials. Gengis Gandhi, Troubled Genius
So many of our probes have ended transmission soon after entering Mars gravity well...makes me wonder...automatic, abandoned planetary defense robotics?
It would not suprise me to learn that NASA had learned of life on Mars and that the discovery would be leaked out very gradually for the scientific, philosophical, theological consequences that would ensue. Now it's frozen microbes. Keep an eye on it; there may be more coming down the pipe.
funny ;)
google up the phobos incident on mars. even sent back pics of some strange stuff before being cut off.
if a people will not prosecute officials who subvert and violate the constitution, then the constitution has no authority over officials. Gengis Gandhi, Troubled Genius
this is roughly the timeline of the disclosure on mars. 1. mars may have atmosphere 2. mars has atmosphere 3. mars may have water 4. mars has water 5. mars has methane present (any spectograph could tell that) 6. mars may have life, basic life 7. mars has basic life. next, a look at the ruins. sad, really.
if a people will not prosecute officials who subvert and violate the constitution, then the constitution has no authority over officials. Gengis Gandhi, Troubled Genius
The Martians lit a match and that was the end of them.
In politics there is no murder.
I forgot the asshole who posted this a long time ago, but I saved it, because I knew it would be so funny someday. Like a little child playing in his sandbox, who having never left the neighborhood, can tell everyone what exists on other planets and throughout the universe. Not only that, but ridicules anyone who has evidence that their myopic, juvenile view of creation contradicts their own... well suited, I suggest, for a career in the clergy or as a gitmo waterboarder. Torquemada would be proud!! 'complete confidence.......fairy tales.....superior hand....' lol. now THATS funny, folks....it really really is.
if a people will not prosecute officials who subvert and violate the constitution, then the constitution has no authority over officials. Gengis Gandhi, Troubled Genius
creation started not with a bang, but a fart.
if a people will not prosecute officials who subvert and violate the constitution, then the constitution has no authority over officials. Gengis Gandhi, Troubled Genius
reminds me of the adage, "Often wrong, but never in doubt"
#2. To: Ricky J (#0)
#3. To: All (#0)
#4. To: gengis gandhi (#0)
#5. To: Prefrontal Vortex (#4)
#6. To: gengis gandhi (#0)
ALIEN microbes
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
#7. To: X-15 (#6)
#8. To: gengis gandhi (#0)
#9. To: octavia (#8)
#10. To: gengis gandhi (#7)
it said they're alien so i am guessing its a bunch of mexican microbes there illegally.
#11. To: octavia (#8)
#12. To: randge (#9)
#13. To: gengis gandhi (#0)
#14. To: All, Christine (#0)
Dr. Werner von Braun said to watch out for tripe like this. We can dismiss these ancedotal shriekings of "THEY'RE OUT THERE!" with complete confidence. You and your fairy-tale are hereby dismissed with a wave of my superior hand.
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#16. To: gengis gandhi (#14)
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