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No detection of methane on Mars from early ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter observations

Montmessin, Franck; Belyaev, Denis A.; Fedorova, Anna A. +123 more

The detection of methane on Mars has been interpreted as indicating that geochemical or biotic activities could persist on Mars today¹. A number of different measurements of methane show evidence of transient, locally elevated methane concentrations and seasonal variations in background methane concentrations^2-5. These measur…

Mars methane hunt comes up empty, flummoxing scientists

Witze, Alexandra

Trace Gas Orbiter spacecraft did not find the gas in red planet's atmosphere during its first months of operation.

Publisher Correction: Martian dust storm impact on atmospheric H₂O and D/H observed by ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter

Montmessin, Franck; Belyaev, Denis A.; Fedorova, Anna A. +65 more

The surname of author Cathy Quantin-Nataf was misspelled `Quantin-Nata' , authors Ehouarn Millour and Roland Young were missing from the ACS Science Team list, and minor changes have been made to the author and affiliation lists; see accompanying Amendment. These errors have been corrected online.

Publisher Correction: No detection of methane on Mars from early ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter observations

Montmessin, Franck; Belyaev, Denis A.; Fedorova, Anna A. +42 more

The surname of author Cathy Quantin-Nataf was misspelled `Quantin-Nata', authors Ehouarn Millour and Roland Young were missing from the ACS and NOMAD Science Teams list, and minor changes have been made to the author and affiliation lists; see accompanying Amendment. These errors have been corrected online.

Mars probe poised to solve red planet's methane mystery

Gaind, Nisha

Researchers hope European-Russian Trace Gas Orbiter will end a long-running debate over source of the gas on Mars.

Mars launch to test collaboration between Europe and Russia

Gibney, Elizabeth

Joint ExoMars mission launches lander and orbiter — a rover is planned for 2018.