Largest Carbon Molecules Found on Mars Build The Case For Ancient Life
Monday, March 24, 2025 21:22
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Quoting from https://www.sciencealert.com/largest-carbon-molecules-found-on-mars-build-the-case-for-ancient-life :
“Chains of up to a dozen carbon atoms have been detected in what appears to have been an ancient lakebed on Mars, contributing to a growing library of compounds that could be a vital clue about the history of life on the red planet.”
“The finding was made by a sampling instrument on NASA’s Curiosity rover, with an international team confirming the results in a laboratory here on Earth. The research was led by analytical chemist Caroline Freissinet from the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS).
While the compounds themselves could have been constructed by non-living processes, the very fact they exist at all demonstrates the rover’s ability to identify long organic molecules on the Martian surface that may have formed billions of years in the past.”
Research article: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2420580122
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