In late 2013 and early 2014, NASA's Curiosity rover detected an unexpected spike in methane on Mars — 10 times the usual level. Within a few months, the spike faded. Since then, Curiosity has ...

(CNN)-- Scientists have discovered methane in Mars' atmosphere ... bound to a carbon atom -- is the main component of natural gas on Earth. It's of interest to astrobiologists because organisms ...

While not a rover itself, the Mars Express orbiter pieced together its methane picture after successive turns around the planet, detecting a small amount of the gas in the atmosphere. Two other ...

“Bottom line is that we have no detection of methane so far,” Chris Webster, a Mars scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, told Nature. The findings don’t completely rule ...

When we hear the word “methane,” we often think of natural gas, which heats homes, propels cars, and helps fuels fires for ...

Methane gas is a possible sign of life ... We have spotted tantalising glimpses of methane on Mars a few times over the years, but it has been difficult to confirm the detections with other ...

The search for life beyond Earth has led scientists to explore many suggestive mysteries, from plumes of methane on Mars to clouds of phosphine gas on Venus. But as far as we can tell, Earth’s ...

The same greenhouse gasses that pollute the Earth would be key to warming Mars ... greenhouse gas-producing factories that generate large quantities of chlorofluorocarbons, methane, and carbon ...

The UN-monitored platform, called the Methane Alert and Response System (MARS), will provide "neutral and reliable" reporting statistics for the climate change causing gas. It's set to launch in 2023.

Methane is the primary component of natural gas, often emitted via leaks ... is pulled into the Methane Alert and Response System, or MARS, a United Nations service which uses AI systems to ...

By Carl Zimmer The search for life beyond Earth has led scientists to explore many suggestive mysteries, from plumes of methane on Mars to clouds of phosphine gas on Venus. But as far as we can ...