Biologically speaking, methane's kind of a big deal. When it comes to finding life on other planets, it's an even bigger deal
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed an absorption spectrum (i.e. supercomputer) that's able to detect methane, via light absorption on other planets, at temperatures of up to 2,228 degrees Fahrenheit — more than 2,000 times more powerful than any devices before it
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Elliott's super pumped about it in the latest episode of Mashable Minute
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