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

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

NASA’s Curiosity rover has unearthed the largest organic molecules ever detected on Mars—possible fragments of fatty ...

The NASA Curiosity rover has discovered the largest organic compounds ever found on Mars, suggesting that the conditions for life to develop could have been present on the planet billions of years ...

The Mars Curiosity rover’s onboard mini-lab has ... While NASA has long planned on a Mars Sample Return mission, a ballooning budget and an uncertain future may push the project as far back ...

March 25 (UPI) --The NASA rover "Curiosity" discovered what scientists say is the largest ever seen organic molecules on Mars, raising ... first crewed mission to orbit Earth's poles March 31 ...

Perhaps one of the most valuable samples Curiosity has gathered on its mission to understand whether Mars was ever habitable was collected in May 2013. The rover drilled the Cumberland sample from ...

While Curiosity mission scientists have previously identified small, simple organic molecules on the red planet, the ...

The feature’s many layers preserve millions of years of geological history on Mars, showing how it shifted from a wet to a dry environment. Perhaps one of the most valuable samples Curiosity has ...