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

Barnard's Star is a small, dim star of the type that astronomers call red dwarfs. Consequently, even though it is one of the ...

Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four planets orbiting a star less than 6 light-years away with help from some of ...

The Mars Curiosity rover’s onboard mini-lab has helped confirm the existence of the largest organic molecules ever found on ...

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

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

The discovery suggests prebiotic chemistry may have advanced further on Mars than previously observed. The analysis revealed ...

Curiosity found large organic molecules in a 2013 Mars rock sample. These fragments suggest Mars had the right chemistry for ...

Scientists have announced the discovery of the largest organic molecules ever found ... sediments laid down by an ancient lake on the Red Planet. While molecules don't exactly prove the existence ...

Now, four small planets have been found orbiting the star. Teams in America and Europe achieved this challenging detection by exploiting precision instruments on the world's largest telescopes.

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