NASA’s Curiosity rover has found the longest chain carbon molecules yet on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has detected the largest organic (carbon-containing) molecules ever found on the red planet. The ...
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NASA rover spots hundreds of 'spider eggs' on Mars — and scientists have no idea how they got there
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover spotted a mysterious rock made of hundreds of tiny spheres that resemble spider eggs. Studying ...
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Mars rover makes the most significant find yet in the search for alien life
Curiosity found large organic molecules in a 2013 Mars rock sample. These fragments suggest Mars had the right chemistry for early life.
Curiosity rover makes ‘arguably the most exciting organic detection to date on Mars’
The Curiosity rover detected the largest organic molecules to date on Mars, which may be fragments of fatty acids, or some of the chemical building blocks of life.
Airbus UK unit wins $194 mln contract for Mars rover landing platform
The British arm of Airbus has won a 150 million pound ($194 million) contract from the European Space Agency to build the ...
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Largest organic compounds ever found on Mars, hope rises for ancient life
Scientists analyzed a sample, which likely contained fatty acids, that transformed into alkanes during the heating process ...
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Curiosity Mars rover discovers largest organic molecules ever seen on Red Planet
They were found by NASA's Curiosity rover when it drilled into a sample of mudstone from a rock nicknamed 'Cumberland', in the Yellowknife Bay region of Mars' Gale crater, all the way back in 2013.
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Strange sphere-studded rock on Mars found by NASA's Perseverance rover
NASA's Perseverance rover has encountered another rock on Mars that has left scientists puzzled. Named "St. Pauls Bay" by the mission team, the Mars rock features hundreds of millimeter-size dark ...