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

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

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

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

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

But first thing's first, weird spheres on Mars aren't a brand new phenomenon. In fact, NASA first stumbled across them 21 ...

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

NASA's Curiosity rover made a compelling find on Mars ' irradiated surface.

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

They were found by NASA's Curiosity rover when it drilled into a sample of mudstone from a rock nicknamed 'Cumberland', in the Yellowknife Bay region of Mars' Gale crater, all the way back in 2013.

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

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