Organic matter found on Mars in ‘significant breakthrough’
A NASA robot has detected more building blocks for life on Mars — the most complex organic matter yet — from 3.5 billion-year-old rocks on the surface of the Red Planet, scientists said Thursday.
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This was the article about methane found on Mars, again? No. That’s the second paper mentioned. The first paper was different. C4H4S = thiophene, and more.
“The mudstone rock was drilled from the top five centimeters of the Martian surface and heated in a miniature analysis lab located on board the rover. A French-built instrument revealed several organic molecules and volatiles reminiscent of organic-rich sedimentary rock found on Earth, including: thiophene, 2- and 3-methylthiophenes, methanethiol, and dimethylsulfide,”
I like it. Better than the perchlorate found by Phoenix.
The follow up question is whether all of these are also found in meteorites? I don’t know, but the discovery is nothing compared to the list of organic chemicals found in meteorites, see list below. Thiophene is not one of the chemicals detected in interstellar space. Neither is dimethylsulfide = C2H6S. Methanethiol = CH3SH has been seen in interstellar space.
The fact remains that there are more carbon based compounds on the surface of the Moon than there are on the surface of Mars.
mollwollfumble said:
The fact remains that there are more carbon based compounds on the surface of the Moon than there are on the surface of Mars.
Interesting; didn’t know that.
mollwollfumble said:
This was the article about methane found on Mars, again? No. That’s the second paper mentioned. The first paper was different. C4H4S = thiophene, and more.“The mudstone rock was drilled from the top five centimeters of the Martian surface and heated in a miniature analysis lab located on board the rover. A French-built instrument revealed several organic molecules and volatiles reminiscent of organic-rich sedimentary rock found on Earth, including: thiophene, 2- and 3-methylthiophenes, methanethiol, and dimethylsulfide,”
I like it. Better than the perchlorate found by Phoenix.
The follow up question is whether all of these are also found in meteorites? I don’t know, but the discovery is nothing compared to the list of organic chemicals found in meteorites, see list below. Thiophene is not one of the chemicals detected in interstellar space. Neither is dimethylsulfide = C2H6S. Methanethiol = CH3SH has been seen in interstellar space.
The fact remains that there are more carbon based compounds on the surface of the Moon than there are on the surface of Mars.
Maybe the moon got those chemicals when a large body collided with Earth ?
Tau.Neutrino said:
mollwollfumble said:
This was the article about methane found on Mars, again? No. That’s the second paper mentioned. The first paper was different. C4H4S = thiophene, and more.“The mudstone rock was drilled from the top five centimeters of the Martian surface and heated in a miniature analysis lab located on board the rover. A French-built instrument revealed several organic molecules and volatiles reminiscent of organic-rich sedimentary rock found on Earth, including: thiophene, 2- and 3-methylthiophenes, methanethiol, and dimethylsulfide,”
I like it. Better than the perchlorate found by Phoenix.
The follow up question is whether all of these are also found in meteorites? I don’t know, but the discovery is nothing compared to the list of organic chemicals found in meteorites, see list below. Thiophene is not one of the chemicals detected in interstellar space. Neither is dimethylsulfide = C2H6S. Methanethiol = CH3SH has been seen in interstellar space.
The fact remains that there are more carbon based compounds on the surface of the Moon than there are on the surface of Mars.
Maybe the moon got those chemicals when a large body collided with Earth ?
I wondered that as well
