The article I came across was Nat Geo, but it looks like yours covered the bases. The compound in question could have been made by nonliving processes, and so isn't a smoking gun, but it is still...
The article I came across was Nat Geo, but it looks like yours covered the bases.
The compound in question could have been made by nonliving processes, and so isn't a smoking gun, but it is still an organic carbon found in Martian rock! This, along with the methane spikes, show that further study is merited. I'll still hold out hope for a Martian microbe sometime in the future
several organic molecules and volatiles reminiscent of organic-rich sedimentary rock found on Earth, including: thiophene, 2- and 3-methylthiophenes, methanethiol, and dimethylsulfide
The article I came across was Nat Geo, but it looks like yours covered the bases.
The compound in question could have been made by nonliving processes, and so isn't a smoking gun, but it is still an organic carbon found in Martian rock! This, along with the methane spikes, show that further study is merited. I'll still hold out hope for a Martian microbe sometime in the future