Pale rocks on the red planet reveal a watery past and suggest the potential for life. Sometimes, scientists have to dig, work ...

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has detected the largest organic (carbon-containing) molecules ever found on the red planet.

NASA's Perseverance rover discovered a peculiar 'float rock' called 'St. Pauls Bay' on Mars' Witch Hazel Hill. This unusual ...

Scientists from NASA, analyzing rock samples collected by the Curiosity rover, have discovered the largest organic molecules ...

Favorable conditions for the emergence of life The discovery once again indicates that the conditions on Mars may once have been favorable for the development of life. Ultimately, however ...

And scientists said the discovery is of 'high interest' in the search for potential signs of life. The samples were collected by the 'Sample Analysis at Mars' (SAM) – one of the instruments on ...

Curiosity rover cracked open a Martian rock, revealing a sight never before seen on Mars - a dazzling display of yellow ...

The molecules cannot currently be confirmed as evidence of past life on the red planet, but they add to the growing list of compounds that robotic explorers have discovered on Mars in recent years.

NASA’s Curiosity Martian rover finds organic-like, long-chain alkanes preserved in the planet’s mudstone Twelve years after ...

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The longest molecules ever found on Mars have been unearthed by NASA's Curiosity rover, and they could mean the planet is strewn with evidence for ancient life.