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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Finds Organic Molecules on Mars That Meteorites Can’t Explain
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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Finds Organic Molecules on Mars That Meteorites Can’t Explain
A new scientific investigation suggests that known non-biological processes may not be enough to explain the amount of organic material discovered in a Martian rock sample collected by NASA’s Curiosity rover. Organic compounds are molecules built around carbon atoms. On Earth, carbon-based chemistry forms the foundation of life, although some organic molecules can also arise [...]
This is not the well-known sample announced last September, but a different finding that presents signs of possible ancient biological activity difficult to interpret with current explanations. According to recent research, the organic molecules detected by the Curiosity rover have such unusual chemical characteristics that they do not fit [...]
Why can't meteorites explain Mars organics?
Unusually large organic molecules found on Mars Scientists analyzing a rock sample collected by NASA’s Curiosity rover have identified organic compounds at a scale and in combinations that existing nonbiological explanations struggle to reproduce. Laboratory comparisons and known catalogues of…
NASA's Curiosity Rover discovered on Mars organic molecules with long chain, alcans, which could be chemical traces of forest life. Researchers claim that these substances can only be explained by...
A new study published in the journal Astrobiology suggests that the origin of molecules found by NASA's Curiosity rover on the surface of the Red Planet cannot be explained solely by non-biological processes. The long-chain organic molecules, also known as alkanes, were identified in a sample drilled from a suspected ancient lakebed last year, Futurism reported.
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