The molecules — hydrocarbon strings of 10, 11 and 12 carbon atoms called decane, undecane, and dodecane — were detected by Curiosity's Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument. No stone ...

Inside Curiosity’s onboard mini-lab called SAM, scientists identified three organic molecules: decane, undecane, and dodecane. These compounds contain 10, 11, and 12 carbon atoms, respectively. The ...

The research is published in Proceedings of the National Academies of Science. Among the molecules were decane, which has 10 carbon atoms and 22 hydrogen atoms, and dodecane, with 12 carbons and ...

Curiosity’s onboard mini-lab, Samples Analysis at Mars (SAM), discovered 10 to 13 carbon compounds, including decane, undecane, and dodecane, which could all possibly be components of fatty acids. The ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has identified the largest organic compounds ever found on Mars, including decane, undecane, and dodecane, in a 3.7 billion-year-old rock sample. These findings suggest Mars ...

This graphic shows the long-chain organic molecules decane, undecane, and dodecane. These are the largest organic molecules discovered on Mars to date. They were detected in a drilled rock sample ...

The discovery suggests prebiotic chemistry may have advanced further on Mars than previously observed. The analysis revealed the presence of decane, undecane, and dodecane. Listen to Story These are ...

This graphic shows the long-chain organic molecules decane, undecane, and dodecane. These are the largest organic molecules discovered on Mars to date. They were detected in a drilled rock sample ...

The Sample Analysis at Mars instrument onboard NASA’s Curiosity rover has detected decane, undecane, and dodecane molecules in a sample from Gale crater. “Curiosity’s primary scientific goal is to ...

The long-chain organic molecules decane, undecane, and dodecane. These are the largest organic molecules discovered on Mars to date. They were detected in a drilled rock sample called "Cumberland ...

Decane, undecane, and dodecane were detected in a Martian sample at the tens of pmol level and may originate from long-chain carboxylic acids. The detection of long-chain alkanes in the Sheepbed ...

Experimental data from the National Institute of Standards and Technology are compared for the distributed specific heat capacities of water and n-decane over wide temperature ranges. Between ...