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

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

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

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

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

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NASA's Curiosity rover has found traces of decane, undecane and dodecane in Martian rock. These compounds are thought to be ...

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

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

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