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The Sun reports that NASA has found life on Mars.
"ALIEN bugs are responsible for strong plumes of methane gas detected on Mars, it was claimed tonight. Nasa scientists say the gas emissions could have either a geological or biological source - as The Sun exclusively revealed today."
Exclusively, eh? Hmmm... In two sentences the hacks go from declaring life being found to offering two possibilities: life or geology. But since when has geology been life?
Here's the actual skinny form NASA: "Methane is quickly destroyed in the Martian atmosphere in a variety of ways, so our discovery of substantial plumes of methane in the northern hemisphere of Mars in 2003 indicates some ongoing process is releasing the gas," said Dr. Michael Mumma of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. "At northern mid-summer, methane is released at a rate comparable to that of the massive hydrocarbon seep at Coal Oil Point in Santa Barbara, Calif."
Finding life on Mars would be profound. Life at The Sun would be more useful. Still, no need to let facts get in the way of a good story, possibly the story of the age.
