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Is the methane discovered on Mars evidence for contemporary life on the Red Planet?

April 26, 2017Contemporary life mars methane red planet

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Is the methane discovered on Mars evidence for contemporary life on the Red Planet?

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If Mars ever supported life, it must have had liquid water, something that is now precluded on the surface by sub-freezing temperatures and a low atmospheric pressure. One of the main objectives of the current Mars Exploration Rovers is to find evidence on the surface of what might have been a warmer, wetter planet in the past.