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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

With fascinating geological features, dramatic cliffs, cascading waterfalls, and hardly any tourists, this is a paradise UK ...

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

Though it seems like it might fall over, the rock is actually attached to its eroding pedestal of Dewey Bridge mudstone. Balanced Rock can be seen from the road, but many recent travelers ...