While the presence of these molecules is not proof of ancient life on Mars, scientists say it shows we could detect chemical ...

In a breakthrough discovery, researchers have found the largest organic compounds ever seen on Mars, offering new clues about ...

Chains of up to a dozen carbon atoms have been detected in what appears to have been an ancient lakebed on Mars, contributing ...

Though it seems like it might fall over, the rock is actually attached to its eroding pedestal of Dewey Bridge mudstone. Balanced Rock can be seen from the road, but many recent travelers ...

From where it has been standing for the past 280 million years, the Colourful Mudstone in Tai Po has been a witness to plenty of history. It saw two great tectonic plates collide, ancient armoured ...

An arrowhead-shaped rock on Mars sporting features that may hint at ancient microbial activity on the Red Planet has left ...

Mudstone, shale, and limestone are examples of sedimentary rock likely to contain fossils. As the layers of sediment build up on top of one another, they create a physical timeline. The oldest layers, ...

NASA’s Curiosity Martian rover finds organic-like, long-chain alkanes preserved in the planet’s mudstone Twelve years after ...

It is made from mudstone, which is fossilised compressed mud, and the stains visible in the photograph are probably from the next stratum of rock. In Ancient Egypt woman and men both wore ...

al. An arrowhead-shaped rock on Mars sporting features that may hint at ancient microbial activity on the Red Planet has left scientists puzzled. The fine-grained mudstone named Cheyava Falls ...