NASA Mars rover finds new clues pointing to past life on Mars

Scientists may be one step closer in their hunt for signs of past life on Mars after the Curiosity rover's latest find.
Anadolu Agency

Tsinghua University scientists reveal organic compounds released by wildfires, prescribed burns 21% higher than previous estimates.

Tsinghua University scientists reveal organic compounds released by wildfires, prescribed burns 21% higher than previous ...
Science Daily

NASA scientists say meteorites can’t explain mysterious organic compounds on Mars

Scientists studying a rock sample collected by NASA’s Curiosity rover have uncovered something tantalizing: the largest ...

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Finds Organic Molecules on Mars That Meteorites Can’t Explain

NASA’s Curiosity rover has uncovered some of the largest organic molecules ever detected on Mars, and scientists say ordinary geology may not fully explain them.

Chemists thought phosphorus had shown all its cards—until it surprised them with a new move

A discovery by UCLA organic chemists may one day put catalytic converter thieves out of business. In new research, they've ...

Chemists synthesize first stable copper metallocene complex, closing a 70-year gap

Almost half a century ago, a remarkable molecule called metallocene took center stage in chemistry, earning Geoffrey Wilkinson and Ernst Otto Fischer the Nobel Prize. These organic compounds, made of ...
Courthouse News Service

Essential organic compound found in deep space

The Orion Nebula, a portion of which is pictured here, is home to a red dwarf star known as d203-506. Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to detect a carbon molecule known as methyl cation ...