NASA’s Curiosity rover has detected hydrocarbon chains — the longest ever found on Mars — in a 3.7-billion-year-old rock ...

NASA's Curiosity Rover has discovered long carbon chains on Mars. On Earth, molecules like these are overwhelmingly produced ...

Proteins form the structural and functional backbone of the cell, and any perturbation in their synthesis can disrupt normal cellular functions. The DNA blueprint is carefully read, transcribed, and ...

New research has revealed why carbonaceous asteroids, some of the most chemically primitive materials in the solar system, ...

The idea that the seeds of life may have originated on another planet is far from new, but is there any value to it?

"We conclude that Titan's uniquely rich organic inventory may not in fact be available to play the role in the moon's ...

A major discovery of the largest organic molecules ever found on Mars has been made. The carbon chains could be an example of ...