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

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

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

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

While Curiosity mission scientists have previously identified small, simple organic molecules on the red planet, the ...

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

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

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

“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 ...

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

Scientists know from extensive study here on Earth that life doesn't sprout from nothing—it requires a complex (and often ...