Life on Mars has yet to be discovered, but a recent study concerning the presence of methane in 6 Martian meteorites furthers the hope that someday it could be.

Life on Mars has yet to be discovered, but a recent study furthers the hope that someday it could be. 

Methane was found within the interior pockets of 6 meteorites originating from the Red Planet. 

The gas is known to have life-supporting abilities, and right here on Earth there are bacteria that survive on it. 

They often live in the methane rich yet oxygen deprived sludge found at the bottom of lakes and rivers. 

As those organisms thrive beneath the planet’s surface here, scientists posit there could be some on Mars doing the same.