While the presence of these molecules is not proof of ancient life on Mars, scientists say it shows we could detect chemical ...

Advanced technology and innovative solutions will be crucial for human survival and maintaining a viable colony on the Red Planet. Elon Musk's plan for colonising Mars has been dreamed of ...

This is what Mr Musk said he wanted to do last year. Then it seemed barely plausible. Today it looks next to impossible. Mr ...

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

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They didn't find any, but they did find alkanes larger than any found on Mars thus far. These include decane (10 carbon atoms and 22 hydrogen atoms), undecane (11 carbon atoms and 24 hydrogen ...

Researchers discovered evidence of a 'vacation-style' environment on the Red Planet, despite there being no visible liquid on the surface of Mars today. An international team of scientists used ...

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

Mars, also called the Red Planet, is one of the most familiar planets in our solar system – apart from Earth, of course! Mars has become a hot topic of conversation because of the idea of ...

For the first time on a global scale, 20 years of observations on Mars have been condensed into a single study led by ...