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Scientists have finally discovered how amino acids essential for life formed on the 4.6-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu.

Organic compounds found in Mars rocks are too abundant to rule out the possibility of Martian life in the red planet’s history, NASA scientists say. In March of 2025, NASA’s Curiosity rover discovered ...

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There are no simple solutions on the Martian surface. It is the kind of environment where you would expect molecules to decompose rather than endure—dusty, ...

New method reveals chemical signs of early microbial life in ancient Earth rocks, showing photosynthesis evolved much earlier than believed.