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Hi, we're here from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter in just a few minutes. I'm

Cody Goff. And I'm Ashley Hamer. Today you learn about why it's a big deal that we've

detected a methane spike on Mars

and how you can participate in a new research study on game transfer phenomena

with researcher Angelica Ortiz de Gortari.

Let's satisfy some curiosity.

In case you haven't already heard, the Curiosity rover has found a methane spike on Mars.

And the reason this is such a big deal is because it could be evidence of life on the red planet.

Methane is sometimes associated with things like rock water interactions or volcanic

eruptions, but here on Earth it's also associated with microbial life.

So let's get into what we know about the finding.

Over the decades, we've detected wildly different measurements of methane on Mars

from year to year and from spacecraft to spacecraft.

After the Curiosity rover landed, year and from spacecraft to spacecraft.

After the Curiosity rover landed,

researchers figured they might as well get some ground truth,

so the rover took some measurements.

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