I meant that I had already said that Nature claimed that no paper has been submitted.

I don't need to ask. I'm talking about where this space.com guy got his info. Did he make it up, hear an unsubstantiated rumor, or did the scientists speak too soon and then NASA pulled in the reigns for a bit, as you suggested earlier?

This is really moot, anyway. The methane sigs are what they are. The Rio Tinto results aree what they are.

Your original reply to me just rubbed me the wrong way.