Explore the latest find from NASA’s Curiosity rover and what it reveals about organic matter beyond our planet.

The molecules may be remnants of fatty acids, which form cell membranes in Earth’s organisms, though they might have formed ...

Researchers caution that the molecules could be of abiotic or biological origin, and do not represent definitive proof of ...

NASA's Curiosity rover made a compelling find on Mars ' irradiated surface.

The longest organic molecules identified to date on Mars have recently been detected. These long carbon chains, containing up to 12 consecutive carbon atoms, could exhibit features similar to the ...

The NASA rover "Curiosity" discovered what scientists say is the largest ever seen organic molecules on Mars, raising ...

Curiosity has previously discovered small organic molecules on Mars, but these recently found compounds are larger and would ...

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While the presence of these molecules is not proof of ancient life on Mars, scientists say it shows we could detect chemical ...

Scientists analyzed a sample, which likely contained fatty acids, that transformed into alkanes during the heating process ...

Scientists found the longest organic molecules ever on Mars — ancient carbon chains that resemble the building blocks of life ...

NASA’s Curiosity Martian rover finds organic-like, long-chain alkanes preserved in the planet’s mudstone Twelve years after ...