NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has detected the largest organic (carbon-containing) molecules ever found on the red planet. The ...

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

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

Fossils of 444 million-year-old creatures whose bodies were preserved "inside-out" have been discovered in South Africa.

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

NASA's Curiosity rover collected the largest organic compounds ever discovered on the Martian surface, with new hints of ...

The NASA rover "Curiosity" discovered what scientists say is the largest ever seen organic molecules on Mars, raising ...

Clay minerals are an integral part of the global water and nutrient cycles. They indicate past environmental conditions and play an important role in catastrophic events. Clay minerals exist when ...

These include morphology which is irregular, sinuous, and potentially hollow, as well as the presence of chemical elements necessary for life, carbonaceous material, and minerals like clay or ...