Wednesday, 10 April 2019

Mystery of methane and water on Mars deepens with first-year results of Trace Gas Orbiter

An illustration of the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter analyzing the atmosphere of Mars

The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) has been hovering over the Red Planet for a year now, and the first results of its observations have now been released. In that time, the orbiter has made a map of the distribution of watery minerals in the Martian surface, studied how the global dust storm affected the atmosphere, and intriguingly found very little methane, which calls into question the results of a study just last week.

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from New Atlas (Gizmag) http://bit.ly/2IenKij

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