Skoltech scientists discovered over 200 carbon-oxygen compounds with high energy potential, some rivaling TNT, offering new ...

New insights into the chemistry of exoplanet atmospheres indicates planet-wide rainfall might take place following hydrogen ...

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

New research suggests “microlightning” exchanges among water droplets in Earth’s early atmosphere may have sparked the ...

The molecules, while not a direct sign of life, still signal the existence of complex chemistry on the Red Planet.

in a call with Popular Science. “Whether it’s knocking into other molecules in the air — or atoms or whatever — or it’s absorbing light and reemitting light, it’s always interacting wi ...

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has detected the largest organic (carbon-containing) molecules ever found on the red planet. The ...

While previous studies say volcanic or atmospheric lightning may have triggered chemical reactions that created organic ...

The molecules cannot currently be confirmed as ... The rocks from Yellowknife Bay so intrigued Curiosity’s science team that it had the rover drive in the opposite direction to collect samples ...

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The Mars Curiosity rover’s onboard mini-lab has helped confirm the existence of the largest organic molecules ever found on the ...