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

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.

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

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 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.

Explore the latest find from NASA’s Curiosity rover and what it reveals about organic matter beyond our planet.

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

NASA's Curiosity rover has identified the largest organic compounds ever found on Mars, including decane, undecane, and ...

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

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

NASA’s Curiosity rover spotted the longest-ever organic materials ever found on Mars, which is evidence suggesting the Red ...