NASA's latest findings have been heralded as the strongest indicator yet of life on MarsFrom The Daily Mail:
The prospect of finding life on Mars came a step closer yesterday after Nasa revealed it had discovered 'plumes' of methane gas seeping from the planet.
When methane was first found in the Martian atmosphere in 2003, some scientists claimed it could have been dumped on the planet by comets.
But the latest discovery is proof that it is actually produced on the Red Planet.
The pinpointing of the location of the plumes of gas also offers scientists likely places to dig for life.
Nasa's announcement yesterday is highly significant because most of the methane on Earth is produced by living organisms - raising the possibility that some form of life, even if just microbes, are alive deep within the soil.
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