NASA's Curiosity rover has detected long organic molecules, resembling fatty acids, in a Martian rock sample. This unexpected ...

Billions of years ago, Mars was warm, wet, and capable of sustaining liquid water on its surface. Scientists have long ...

NASA's Curiosity Rover has discovered long carbon chains on Mars. On Earth, molecules like these are overwhelmingly produced ...

This week, the Curiosity rover found large carbon deposits on Mars, suggesting an ancient carbon cycle. Researchers exploring ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has detected signs of significant amounts of carbon dioxide locked within the Martian crust, ...

Scientists using NASA’s Curiosity rover have discovered siderite—an iron carbonate—in the sulfate-rich rocks of Gale Crater, ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has uncovered new evidence that ancient Mars may have been able to support life. Researchers found ...

What can carbon deposits on Mars tell scientists about whether life could have once existed on the Red Planet? This is what a recent study published in Sci | Space ...

When we imagine the search for life on Mars, we often picture high-tech rovers scanning dusty landscapes or orbiters ...

NASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars on Aug. 5, 2012, and has travelled more than 34 kilometres on the Martian surface. The discovery of carbonate suggests that the atmosphere contained enough carbon ...

NASA claims that new clues uncovered by its Curiosity rover could prove to revolutionise humanity's understanding of Mars's ...

Tutolo led a new study of rock samples collected by the Curiosity rover that might have answered this question. The mystery ...