Martian methane lasts less than a year
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 07:49
in Astronomy & Space
Methane in the atmosphere of Mars lasts less than a year, according to a study by Italian scientists. Sergio Fonti (Universita del Salento) and Giuseppe Marzo (NASA Ames) have used observations from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft to track the evolution of the gas over three Martian years. They will be presenting their results at the European Planetary Science Congress 2010 in Rome on Tuesday 21st September...
