https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-finds-ancient-organic-material-mysterious-methane-on-mars/
NASA's Curiosity rover has found new evidence preserved in rocks on Mars that suggests the planet could have supported ancient life, as well as new evidence. ... Both radiation and harsh chemicals break down organic matter," said Eigenbrode. "Finding ancient organic molecules in the top five centimeters of rock that was deposited when

https://www.space.com/perseverance-rover-organic-molecules-mars
NASA's Perseverance rover has found a diverse menagerie of organic molecules in a Martian crater, a new study reports. Organic compounds are molecules composed of carbon, and often include other

https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/nasa-goddard-instrument-makes-first-detection-of-organic-matter-on-mars/
Daniel Glavin of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center discusses the discovery of organic matter on Mars and other recent results from the MSL Curiosity rover. Credits: NASA Goddard Download video. The organic molecules found by the team were in a drilled sample of the Sheepbed mudstone in Gale crater, the landing site for the Curiosity rover.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/nasa-rover-reveals-new-evidence-about-organic-molecules-mars-2023-07-13/
Evidence is mounting about what may be a wealth of organic molecules - a potential indicator of life - on Mars, with new findings from NASA's Perseverance rover suggesting the presence of a

https://www.popsci.com/science/perseverance-rover-organic-matter-mars/
NASA/JPL-Caltech. NASA's Perseverance rover has detected evidence for an array of different organic molecules in Mars' Jezero Crater. The findings are detailed in a paper published July 12 in

https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-breakthrough-as-rover-finds-strong-signal-of-organic-matter-on-mars
Now in its second science campaign, the rover is studying the delta, where it has found organic materials. While organics have been found on Mars before by both Perseverance and the Curiosity rover, this latest detection was made in an area where, in the distant past, sediment and salts were deposited into a lake under conditions in which life could potentially have existed.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/07/230712124609.htm
FULL STORY. A new study featuring data from the NASA Mars Perseverance rover has presented compelling evidence for organic material on the Martian surface, shedding light on the potential

https://www.space.com/nasa-perseverance-rover-organics-mars
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has found life's building blocks on the Red Planet. Perseverance has identified carbon-containing organic chemicals in some of the rocks it has examined on the floor

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-rover-finds-active-ancient-organic-chemistry-on-mars/
NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has measured a tenfold spike in methane, an organic chemical, in the atmosphere around it and detected other organic molecules in a rock-powder sample collected by the robotic laboratory's drill. Today, April 22, 2014 is Earth Day, and what better way to celebrate than taking a look at our home planet from space.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06143-z
Metrics. The presence and distribution of preserved organic matter on the surface of Mars can provide key information about the Martian carbon cycle and the potential of the planet to host life

https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/organic-matter-found-on-mars-rover-nasa-b2375176.html
Friday 14 July 2023 06:37 BST. Comments. Diverse types of organic molecules have been found on Mars by a Nasa rover. The material was detected by the Perseverance rover in the Jezero Crater on

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2338269-the-perseverance-rover-is-finding-more-and-more-organic-matter-on-mars/
NASA's Perseverance rover has found a glut of organic molecules on Mars, as well as other materials that make the dry river delta it is now exploring perfect for hunting for signs of life

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/09/16/nasa-perseverance-rover-organic-matter-mars/10395641002/
According to NASA, Curiosity Mars rover found evidence of organic matter in rock-powder samples back in 2013. Perseverance has detected organics in Jezero Crater before, but the latest finding was

https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/breakthrough-findings-on-mars-organics-and-mars-methane/
Methane is a crucial organic in astrobiology because most of that gas found on Earth comes from biology, although various non-biological processes can produce methane as well. Today's paper by Webster et al is the third in Science on Mars methane as measured by Curiosity, and it is the first to find a seasonal pattern. The first paper, in

https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/15/world/perseverance-rover-mars-images-scn/index.html
Perseverance as well as the Curiosity rover has found organic matter before on Mars. But this time, the detection occurred in an area where life may have once existed. The Wildcat Ridge rock is

https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/new-findings-of-organics-on-mars/
The presence of organics on Mars adds to the story of the planet's habitability, increasing the available ingredients needed for biology. Previously, NASA's Curiosity rover discovered organics in Gale Crater, but the molecules identified by Perseverance are found in rocks that are very different from those spotted by Curiosity.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/where-did-organic-matter-mars-come-180970732/
Organic compounds found on Mars were interpreted by them not to have originated there, but to have come from the infall of organic-rich comets and asteroids. But the pathway proposed by Steele and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eYwrS8thHM
NASA discusses highlights from its Perseverance mission so far, and the discovery of organic matter. Never miss a deal again! See CNET's browser extension 👉

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.336.6084.970
Researchers have discovered organic matter encased in once-molten martian rocks, demonstrating that the planet has been producing its own organic matter for eons with no help from life. Organic compounds, carbon-containing chemicals such as those that make up the stuff of life on Earth, had been found in rocks that were blasted off Mars

https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2022/09/15/mars-perseverance-rover-jezero-river-delta-mc-scn-orig.cnn-business
This is where Perseverance found more organic matter than ever on Mars Link Copied! NASA's Perseverance rover has sent back images of the latest rock samples that show where Mars may have once

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXLk879Glbk
Organic matter has been found on Mars in soil samples taken from 3 billion-year-old mudstone in the Gale crater by the Curiosity rover, NASA announced Thursd

https://www.popsci.com/organic-matter-rocks-on-mars/
The Mars Science Laboratory, also known as Curiosity, carries incredibly advanced scientific instruments. NASA/JPL-Caltech. Scientists have been looking for organic material on Mars for decades

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspas.2023.1075052/full
This review paper summarizes the literature on the organic matter detection by various Mars lander/rover missions, in order to understand the progress towards dealing with methodological challenges in the analysis of the Martian regolith and drilled mudstone samples. This paper shows that Martian missions are so far successful in detecting simple and some complex organic molecules, but their

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2023/december/potential-signs-life-mars-easier-find-than-first-thought.html
While there had been concerns that any evidence of organic matter on Mars might be obscured by the planet's geology, new research suggests this might not be the case. ... On Earth, this mineral is found in dry lakes, and it has been suggested that on Mars the mineral might have preserved the organic molecules of any life that could have lived

https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024NatGe..17..503U/abstract
Organic matter found in early Martian sediment may yield clues to the planet's environmental conditions, prebiotic chemistry and habitability, but its origin remains unclear. Strong 13 C depletion in sedimentary organic matter at Gale crater was recently detected by the Curiosity rover. Although this enigmatic depletion remains debated, if correct, a mechanism to cause such strong <SUP>13</SUP

https://grist.org/food-and-agriculture/why-a-new-method-of-growing-food-on-mars-matters-more-on-earth/
A 2024 paper exploring the challenges of applying technology developed for space research throughout the Global South found that, when analyzing case studies in Guyana, Tanzania, Nepal, and

https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/perseverance-finds-popcorn-on-planet-mars/
Mars Perseverance Sol 1175 - Right Mastcam-Z Camera: A jumbled field of light toned rocks with unusual 'popcorn'-like textures and abundant mineral veins. NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its Right Mastcam-Z camera. Mastcam-Z is a pair of cameras located high on the rover's mast.

https://www.nasa.gov/missions/mars-2020-perseverance/perseverance-rover/why-scientists-are-intrigued-by-air-in-nasas-mars-sample-tubes/
Tucked away with each rock and soil sample collected by the agency's Perseverance rover is a potential boon for atmospheric scientists.. Atmospheric scientists get a little more excited with every rock core NASA's Perseverance Mars rover seals in its titanium sample tubes, which are being gathered for eventual delivery to Earth as part of the Mars Sample Return campaign.

https://phys.org/news/2024-06-scientists-explore-vast-reservoir-dissolved.html
Dittmar speaks here of the "ecology of molecules," which has a role beyond the open seas: large quantities of long-lived dissolved organic matter are also found on the seabed in certain places.