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LibertyStillMatters 8 points ago +8 / -0

That’s not oxygen, it’s just Mars systemic racism glowing #BLM

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Big_Dick_Energy 6 points ago +6 / -0

Is it biogenic? If the answer is yes, then 2020 is living up to its promises.

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Big_Dick_Energy 4 points ago +4 / -0

Oxygen (as atmospheric O2, O3, etc.) is considered a classic biosignature, you're absolutely right, but there are abiotic mechanisms that produce it.

Mars wouldn't be red if it weren't for oxygen!

If you'll accept arXiv as a source, this is an interesting paper: Identifying Planetary Biosignature Impostors: Spectral Features of CO and O4 Resulting from Abiotic O2/O3 Production

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thebadguy2k6 1 point ago +1 / -0

Wow....what junk science. Aurora Borialis is simple buckling of the ionosphere on the far side (dark-side) as the Sun’s radiation exerts an electromagnetic pressure on the day side.