Recently, scientists have found new gases on Mars. The gas found on the red planet was methane. The gas that we call farting. One thing that researchers are wondering is if there is truly bacteria under Mar's surface. The gas has been found in three locations on the planet. This is not easy for researchers because finding this gas is a very hard task. Scientists have been using telescopes and measurements to record the level of the gas. Truly, methane is a unstable compound and unless there is a common source for it, it would eventually disappear. Scientists still are not sure why the gas is coming out of the planet's surface. Scientists have a theory that it is coming from the ice caps because during the Summer the planet gets warmer and the ice melts. The gas may be able to slip out of the rocks. Scientists also say that there are large rocks with methane stuck in them. They say that the Summer unlocks the cages and lets the methane free. These theories all make sense but there's just one more thing, they still do not know where all of the gas is coming from. Mars methane may just be coming from bacteria, but it is still a complete mystery.
Article- http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20090218/Note2.asp
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