NASA released its finding today, "Mars is not a Dead Planet"
The first definitive detection of Methane in the atmosphere of Mars indicates that Mars is still alive, in either a biologic or geologic sense, according to a team of NASA and university scientists.
The discovery of substantial plumes of methane in the northern hemisphere of Mars in 2003 indicates some ongoing process is releasing the gas," says lead author Michael Mumma of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. "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."
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/15jan_marsmethane.htm?list111547Most UK newspapers headlined NASA's findings.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2133475.ece
