Gas in Mars?!

Scientist had been through a lot to find out how and where the methane gas comes from in the planet of Mars. There are only 2 things in this universe that contain or produce methane: cows and Mars. Scientists had hypothesized that the methane gases came from bacteria that are hidden under Mars’ red surface. To test this hard task out, they have to detect the methane clouds. They first measured the Martian’s level by using a special telescope, which can detect invisible or infrared light, on Earth view. By doing this, they can test out the gas producing from the earth and gas from Mars. With these observations, they had multiple ideas: it can come from the gases that are trapped in the ice-covered rock, which can melt during warm water and release the gas into the air. For Earth, the methane gas comes from bacteria, livestock and rotting plants, and also cows’ fart, but this is not the same for Mars, but maybe bacteria can also produce that gas in Mars.

Methane is a compound element that is just like any other gas on the planet, which include in the study of science. Methane compound found on Mars can be something strange and is needed to be tested and observe. Science includes how chemicals, for example, reacts or observations of gas released into the air. Therefore, we can say that this article is related to a science concept.

We should care because there might be some unknown producing out of Earth, which can affect live on Earth widely. Therefore, observing this act of methane can help with future gas producing. Also, this methane gas can limit into the Earth’s area, so, by finding out how this gas appear can help us to resolve this gas problem faster.

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