NASA’s Curiosity Finds Organic Molecules Never Seen Before on Mars

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After years of lab work, the results are in: A rock that NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover drilled and analyzed in 2020 includes the most diverse collection of organic molecules ever found on the Red Planet.

Of the 21 carbon-containing molecules identified in the sample, seven of them were detected for the first time on Mars. […]

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