NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is testing a new way to search for alien life, according to ANU astrophysicist and cosmologist Dr Brad Tucker.
'We've talked a lot about digging rocks and soil samples on Mars and one of the questions in hard bits is, well we can't really take these samples easily back to a lab,' he told Sky News Australia.
'Well, Curiosity realised that if you save some samples and you dissolve them in a liquid, in an acid essentially, you can easier break up the soil samples and then measure what's in that soil.'
Dr Tucker said instead of transporting them to a laboratory on Earth, Curiosity makes it 'simpler to do on Mars', and makes studying an area faster and easier.
'If you can analyse in the place you're studying on Mars, you can inform are you finding those organic compounds, are you finding those signs of life that you want - and in fact this is exactly what happened,' he said.
'They found unique organic compounds; it's not saying this is life but this is another piece of this puzzle.'
Organic molecules? They probably found some Martian shit. 😂
@Lethoscorpia Says:
Walt Brown's Hydroplate Theory explains the origin of organic compounds perfectly.
@brianroberts5740 Says:
Thank you SkyNews Australia.
When an extraterrestrial craft lands on White House South Lawn, pretty sure the news will come from down under.
Or Al Jazeera news. Tokyo Times? London Times? Dunno. Probably not MSN in US
@TorMax9 Says:
That's the question David Bowie was asking.
@positivepawpaw7564 Says:
FAKE X / NASA- A CGI HOAX
@molecularhydrogen6077 Says:
Here we go! There soo many problems on earth than listening to grown men talking about other planets where they have no proof of going to these planets let alone a budge ass moon landing film back in the sixties!
@cunninglinguist3707 Says:
Gotta love Sly News. Will talk science but deny climate change. Oxymoron or just moron?
@donm5354 Says:
COMING SOON: The ANDROMEDA STRAIN which turns your blood into powder.
Need a series of probes to scoop up soil and bring it back to Earth. SCOOP 7 will be our viral pocky clips
@chadgilmore5046 Says:
Mars the HQ of the Democrats 👽
@thedoruk6324 Says:
*Organic* as in the literal sense? Organic?!
@Waydo00 Says:
Mars is not a rock in space …
@alexkelly8131 Says:
Time to blame mars for the black goo
@googlegilbertlevinmars322 Says:
1976 Mariner 9 lead investigator Gilbert V. Levin, had discovered organic compounds through a radioactive nutrient liquid placed in test tubes with soil from Mars. The results, are history. NASA has been, and Is, lying to every single one of you. 1976, already found, on Mars. Thank you Gilbert Levin for your endless contributions to Real Undemocratic Science, as Science should stand.
@randyo5540 Says:
Give Fauci a sample, for more beagle, and gain of Function experiments.
@johnsamson9889 Says:
Let me sum this up in four words. Nothing new to report.
@1DTL Says:
Ha Ha if you believe this you will believe anything...
@helenorrin7537 Says:
It's life Jim, but not as we know it.
@wade5941 Says:
Been down this road before. Give it a little time and the story will just fade away.
@aaronfranklin6863 Says:
why does mars surface look so heavily weathered,it looks just like earth
@TopperPenquin Says:
Did Nibiru wander in here with life attached just like the ancient Sumerians described in Cuneiform?
@jrasset7 Says:
These geeks get paid to much for reading fake data.
@megafauna8374 Says:
Sky News showing sciencey stuff to it's audience is a bit like showing Aborigines mirrors 250 years ago.
@mikespike2099 Says:
Probably have more brain cells than anyone running Australia at the moment!!!
@stanlyscheider4767 Says:
Investing in Crypto now is very cool now especially with the current rise in the market now .
@thewantedemceesmitchfreeze6638 Says:
NASA lies.
@ozzmosisozzy9258 Says:
Alien life has already been found, the woke, feminists, politicians.
@TheClownVP Says:
Finally some news that’s interesting, instead of how pathetic these world leaders are
@anglosaxonmike8325 Says:
Was it cocain?
@05rosebud Says:
Sure they did 😂
@ivanhoeescobar7117 Says:
I can't believe people still fall for this 450 billion a year industry.....
This is another rehashed story....from 2018 & 2020
They have managed to get people cheering reaching the moon in the 60s to now cheering people reaching Low earth orbit....in 2021 unbelievable,
The hustle is real
@changingtimes3144 Says:
No shit Sherlock
@bkdsog Says:
I heard one of them is bull shit!
@rockybarnes431 Says:
MARS STUDY FOR HUMAN LIFE IS AS USEFUL AS THE STUDY OF BIG FOOT
@mikesummers6634 Says:
That's great.
What did that cost us, parasites?
@dreamcazman Says:
Lately, there's been more & more talk of things happening in space & possible alien life. I guess they have to come up with some excuse to explain why millions of people suddenly disappeared (Biblical rapture).
@neilclark9298 Says:
What a load of crap 😒 people actually believe these wizards are on a planet that is whizzing through a vacuum 😳
@TellTheRiverMan Says:
Still desperate to show and spread our insignificance....
@vodoual4151 Says:
Wow meanwhile on earth things are still going to shit
@desolateones Says:
I've absolute zero interest in space exploration. I would rather have my eyes bathed in acid ffs
@safehousedelta9766 Says:
That organic compound was actually found in Is Australia's ass. Like they went to Mars and found something. What a joke.
@avgrim7729 Says:
Space is FAKE!!!
@aarongiorno1603 Says:
Wowwwww.... not. Your trying for more funding? Do you know what started the interest in Mars? The moment I started my bio and the pen hit the paper, there was a Hugh storm on the surface. Enjoy tour day mate....
@shanedennes9387 Says:
People on Mars eat earth bars
@undergrace2907 Says:
Sure it wasn’t in your anus, I mean Uranus 😂
Conspiracy theories again
@jamesthomson9039 Says:
Unverified Scientific claims again
@jeanettenorman7052 Says:
Wonderful stuff
@mariah3033 Says:
How about helping humans on earth first ?
@mariaivanoff7955 Says:
Whatever there showing on the film it's not real, looks like clay or plastic
LATEST COMMENTS