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Curiosity Reveals Richest Trove of Organic Molecules Yet on Mars


NASA’s Curiosity rover has detected more than 20 carbon-containing compounds -- including seven never before seen on Mars -- in a sample collected from 3.5-billion-year-old clay-bearing sandstones in Gale crater.

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