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Mars' atmosphere is wafting up from its cold, dead soil, according to new findings from the Curiosity Rover. A new paper titled In situ measurement of atmospheric krypton and xenon on Mars with Mars Science Laboratory explains that this story starts with the Viking landers, which recorded “krypton and xenon detections and …

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  1. lglethal Silver badge

    Science is awesome!

    'Nuff said!

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    1. Jimmy2Cows Silver badge
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      Re: Science is awesome!

      My thought exactly. Shows we still have much to learn, and how good we are at figuring it out!

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    2. WraithCadmus
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      Re: Science is awesome!

      Yes! It's Friday, time for some zymology to celebrate.

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  2. Michael H.F. Wilkinson Silver badge
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    Alternative title

    Curiosity Catches Curious Noble Gas Curios

    Sorry, couldn't resist, it's definitely Friday

    Perhaps I should get me coat already

    More seriously: awesome stuff from the rover

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  3. John Jennings

    Remains

    Remains of the nuclear reactors leaking from the barsoomian atmosphere generators....

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  4. Umbracorn
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    What do the Martians do with all the cosmic rays hitting their soil?

    Barium!

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  5. allthecoolshortnamesweretaken

    It's silly and childish, but I can't help thinking "alien farts" ...

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  6. Faux Science Slayer

    Dr John Brandenburg on Mars Nuclear Weapons

    These isotopes are only from nuclear explosions, with two readily visible bomb sites.

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