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

NASA's Perseverance rover has encountered another rock on Mars that has left scientists puzzled.

Though this discovery doesn’t constitute definitive proof of life, the complexity of these molecules is significant. The ...

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

The British arm of Airbus has won a 150 million pound ($194 million) contract from the European Space Agency to build the ...

Curiosity has gathered dozens of rock samples since landing on the Martian surface in 2012. One of those samples, obtained ...

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

A science experiment aboard NASA's Curiosity rover has found tantalizing traces of possible past life on Mars. But there could be other explanations for where these compounds came from.

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

Researchers caution that the molecules could be of abiotic or biological origin, and do not represent definitive proof of ...

After over 11 years of exploring the harsh Martian landscape, NASA’s Curiosity Rover is showing visible signs of wear and ...

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