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

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

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

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

For more than a decade, a robotic explorer has been traveling across Mars, quietly collecting clues about a time when the Red ...

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

The surface of Mars is known for being an extremely cold, desiccated, and irradiated place. But as its many surface features ...

A team of scientists just discovered the longest organic molecules yet seen on Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun and and a ...

“Ancient life, if it happened on Mars, it would ... beneath the Martian surface — and perhaps find larger and better-preserved organic molecules. While Curiosity’s samples can’t be studied ...