The molecules may be remnants of fatty acids, which form cell membranes in Earth’s organisms, though they might have formed ...
Is there life on Mars? Fast forward to today, a new paper tackles and reconsiders the results of the Viking Biology experiments. The most significant change since those 1970's experiments were ...
But according to new research, published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, large molecules found on Mars apparently are as old as life on Earth, raising questions about ...
Experts have found long carbon chains ... in the search for potential signs of life. The samples were collected by the 'Sample Analysis at Mars' (SAM) – one of the instruments on-board NASA's ...
Scientists have discovered the longest organic molecules ever found on Mars — carbon chains up to 12 atoms long — preserved in 3.7-billion-year-old rock inside an ancient lakebed. These molecules ...
For the first time, researchers, including those from the University of Tokyo and NASA, successfully demonstrate a method to detect life in ancient rocks analogous to those found on Mars.
Curiosity has gathered dozens of rock samples since landing on the Martian surface in 2012. One of those samples, obtained ...
Far from Earth's hustle and bustle, in a hostile environment dominated by cold and a barely perceptible atmosphere, remnants ...