According to the website NASA rover Curiosity measured surge of methane in the Martian atmosphere and found organic molecules in the extracted during drilling rock samples Cumberland.
This may indicate the existence of life on the planet in the past or present.
Scientists can not yet specify the source of the gas on Mars, it may be both biological and non-biological nature, but in the world 95% of the methane comes from microorganisms. To prove the animal origin of methane, require additional research.
molecules containing carbon, which are observed in the powder sample during rock drilling, and can not be a proof that Mars has been or microorganisms. However, they point to favorable conditions for the emergence of life.
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