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

The newly detected compounds suggest complex organic chemistry may have occurred in the planet’s past — the kind necessary for the origin of life, according to new research. The organic ...

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

Scientists know from extensive study here on Earth that life doesn't sprout from nothing—it requires a complex (and often ...

Though this discovery doesn’t constitute definitive proof of life, the complexity of these molecules is significant. The ...

Chemistry is a branch of science that involves ... Understanding the layer stacking in two-dimensional covalent organic frameworks remains a significant challenge. A study now reports the on ...