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    twophrasebark: I wonder it tastes like. I mean the life on mars. more »
    twophrasebark: Methane = abundant source of fuel Fuel = Colonization more »
    twophrasebark: I think that the discovery of life on mars will be extremely disruptive religiously and culturally. It's just not in our contemporary worldview that w... more »
    twophrasebark: The hed for this piece should have been "Life on Mars" and included following pic: more »
    Meirelle: Whoa. This is like that headline you had a while back that said SETI found signals from other star systems, and then the article was a big letdown. Ex... more »
    Kris Hill: They found where Edgar Allen Poe and Charles Dickens are hiding. more »
    CalderMedusa: Over abundance of methane? I think we all know what this means. Dragons. In retrospect it seems so obvious, that, at some point during the middle ages... more »
    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: I know everyone wants it to be microbes, but how many previous discoveries have we seen touted as "Possible Evidence Of Life On Mars!" that end up a y... more »
    92BuickLeSabre: I'm firmly convinced that if there is microbial life on Mars it is ultimately going to lead to the end of life on earth. Seriously. If it's there? J... more »
    NefariousNewt: Maybe eating all those failed probes/rovers gave the planet gas? more »
    tnmnsquare: so none of this matters until we can find a way of exploring those areas without completely contaminating them with our Earth-Space Microbes, right? I... more »
    OMG! Ponies!: I'd be seething too if I had to be associated with Total Recall, Red Planet, and Mission to Mars. more »
    What is a man?: I dunno if I'd read that information and say there's a "strong likelihood" of life being there, but it's certainly becoming more and more of a possibi... more »
  • #spaceporn

    Life May Be Seething Under the Martian Crust, Say Scientists

    The case for life on Mars just got a lot more persuasive. Last week NASA scientists announced the discovery of methane gas on the red planet, which might be created by subterranean life forms. More »
  • #extraterrestriallife

    Life On Mars? "Maybe," Says NASA