Curiosity Discovers Rich Suite of Organics in Ancient Martian Rocks
TL;DR
NASA’s Curiosity rover, using a new wet-chemistry method with tetramethylammonium hydroxide, detected more than 20 organic molecules in clay-filled rocks from Glen Torridon in Gale Crater—a record of complex organics (including naphthalene and benzothiophene) dating to about 3.5 billion years ago, reinforcing the idea that ancient Mars could have harbored habitable conditions and chemical precursors to life.
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