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

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

Two NASA rovers on Mars recently made two independent discoveries further indicating that ancient life may have once existed ...

The efforts made by humans to learn as much as possible about Mars are numerous, and NASA has an indispensable ally on the ...

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

For more than a decade, a robotic explorer has been traveling across Mars, quietly collecting clues about a time when the Red ...

The Curiosity rover detected the largest organic molecules to date on Mars, which may be fragments of fatty acids, or some of ...

But Curiosity wasn't the only one with a geological mystery. At the same time, roughly 2,300 miles away on the other side of ...

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

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

From its perch in the foothills of the 3.4-mile-high mountain, you can see over an expanse of plains, called Aeolis Palus, ...

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