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

In a breakthrough discovery, researchers have found the largest organic compounds ever seen on Mars, offering new clues about ...

Fifty years ago, scientists recovered samples of potential extraterrestrial life, but may have unintentionally destroyed it ...

The Mars Curiosity rover’s onboard mini-lab has helped confirm the existence of the largest organic molecules ever found on ...

The Curiosity rover detected the largest organic molecules to date on Mars, which may be fragments of fatty acids, or some of ...

Curiosity found large organic molecules in a 2013 Mars rock sample. These fragments suggest Mars had the right chemistry for ...

The discovery of long-chain organic compounds in a 3.7-billion-year-old rock raises new questions about the Red Planet’s past ...

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

Scientists analyzing pulverized rock onboard NASA's Curiosity rover have found the largest organic compounds on the red ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has unearthed the largest organic molecules ever detected on Mars—possible fragments of fatty ...

But they ended up discovering something else entirely: the largest organic compounds ... of life can survive on Mars for billions of years—long enough for scientists to discover it. “Our ...