astrobiology

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has expanded its Standard Reference Database 1A, providing scientists with updated mass spectrometry data to identify complex substances.

Scientists have identified a rare CM1/2 carbonaceous chondrite that crashed into a New Jersey home, containing organic compounds and brines critical to prebiotic chemistry.

High-resolution images from the Curiosity rover reveal elemental sulfur crystals found after a rock was accidentally crushed. The discovery adds to a history of chemical analysis in Gale Crater.

The detection of macromolecular carbon in ancient Martian mudstones suggests Mars may have once been widely habitable, though the origin of the molecules remains unconfirmed.