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NASA's Curiosity rover made a compelling find on Mars ' irradiated surface.

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

The longest organic molecules identified to date on Mars have recently been detected. These long carbon chains, containing up to 12 consecutive carbon atoms, could exhibit features similar to the ...

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

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

VISITORS to Colchester Castle can now see Mars up close after a huge art installation was put in place. The six-metre-diameter spherical sculpture, created by artist Luke Jerram, arrived on Thursday ...

Explore the latest find from NASA's Curiosity rover and what it reveals about organic matter beyond our planet.

Of course, figuring out whether something is a work of art requires answering some tricky philosophical questions. Are animals even capable of creating art? And how can we tell whether something is a ...

Starring Anamaria Vartolomei and Matt Dillon, this French drama chronicles the life of the actress Maria Schneider after her traumatic experience on the set of “Last Tango in Paris.” By ...