Some of the unusual rocks carry stories about water on Mars. One has hints of long-gone microbes. All tell of a dynamic, complex planet.

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

This is the Curiosity rover, which roams daily on Mars to discover as much as possible ... "Finding a field of pure sulfur rocks is like finding an oasis in the desert. It shouldn't be there ...

The NASA Curiosity rover has discovered the largest organic compounds ever found on Mars, suggesting that the ... There are also signs of sulfur which helps to preserve organic molecules and ...

The Mars Curiosity rover’s onboard mini-lab has helped confirm ... and contains sufficient amounts of sulfur to help preserve organic molecules. Cumberland also features nitrates crucial to ...

They were found by NASA's Curiosity rover when it ... as well as chlorine or sulfur-bearing organics, but until this study, the largest organic molecules found on Mars had been only six carbon ...

The NASA Curiosity rover has detected the largest organic molecules found to date on Mars, opening a window ... The instrument detected an abundance of sulfur, which can be used to preserve ...

In 2013, the Curiosity rover drilled this hole ... the largest organic compounds ever documented on Mars. The compounds date to 3.7 billion years ago—around the same time that life first ...

A photomosaic taken by the Curiosity rover on April 30, 2023, at one drill site in Gale Crater, Mars. Rock powder samples ...

While ascending Mount Sharp, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has had to swing around a small ridgeline dubbed "Devil’s Gate." On its 4,500th sol (or Martian day), NASA's Mars rover Curiosity ...