Nasa’s Curiosity Rover finds organic molecules on Mars
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The organic molecules discovered by NASA’s Curiosity rover could have been formed by life, but they could have also come from geologic processes or meteorites
These findings do not confirm past life but indicate Mars once had the right chemistry to support it. We're getting closer and closer to definitely answering the question: Did life ever exist on Mars?
NASA’s Perseverance rover has spotted a rock so intriguing that the public has voted it “Image of the Week.” A bizarre picture taken by the exploratory robot on the Red Planet appears to show a rock with a remarkable resemblance to a dinosaur skull.
"This experiment's never been run before on another world," said Amy Williams, an astrobiologist working on the Curiosity mission.
NASA has identified 21 organic molecules in a rock sample from a Mars rover mission, including seven never before detected on the planet. Physicists have also documented 25 unusual states of matter, such as time crystals and multi-phase materials, that ...