NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Discovers Large Organic Molecules Written 25 March 2025
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Aviation Week reports, “Samples of pulverized rock from the Martian surface gathered and analyzed by NASA’s Curiosity rover have found the largest collection of organic samples to date on the red planet. Findings published March 24 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences identifies the organics as molecular compounds of decane, undecane and dodecane, which are respectively comprised of 10, 11 and 12 carbon.”
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