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

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 ...

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

Chains of up to a dozen carbon atoms have been detected in what appears to have been an ancient lakebed on Mars, contributing ...

Experts have found long carbon chains, containing up to 12 consecutive atoms, in samples of Martian rock which date back ...

We can’t say the molecules are the product of life, but the findings indicate if Mars had life billions of years ago, the ...

While South Dakota and Utah's badlands might be better known, New Mexico's colorful rock formations and remote badland ...

An arrowhead-shaped rock on Mars sporting features that may hint at ancient microbial activity on the Red Planet has left ...

Located in Yosemite National Park, the Grand Prismatic Spring is just one of many natural wonders that inspire visitors. The ...