The Keeble Observatory at Randolph-Macon College holds weekly public viewing during spring semester. Check their website ( or ...

A team of scientists just discovered the longest organic molecules yet seen on Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun and and a ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has unearthed the largest organic molecules ever detected on Mars—possible fragments of fatty ...

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

NASA's Curiosity rover made a compelling find on Mars ' irradiated surface.

The molecules may be remnants of fatty acids, which form cell membranes in Earth’s organisms, though they might have formed ...

The NASA rover "Curiosity" discovered what scientists say is the largest ever seen organic molecules on Mars, raising ...

Martian lake beds and deltas reveal the Red Planet’s watery past. But many puzzles remain, scientist Bruce Jakosky says.

For the first time on a global scale, 20 years of observations on Mars have been condensed into a single study led by ...

Far from Earth's hustle and bustle, in a hostile environment dominated by cold and a barely perceptible atmosphere, remnants ...

On March 23, 1840, a New Yorker named John William Draper became the first person to take a photo of the moon. On March 23, 1840, a New Yorker named John William Draper became the first person to ...