Curiosity has detected a surprising variety of organic molecules on Mars, including compounds tied to the chemistry of life.

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New experiments suggest that freezing and thawing on early Earth may have helped primitive cell-like structures grow and ...

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Big insight: Mars can preserve chemically informative organic material for billions of years under the right conditions, ...

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