Ancient Carbon Chains on Mars
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Curiosity rover finds largest carbon chains on Mars from 3.7-billion-year-old rock
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Carbon chains containing up to twelve carbon atoms linked together were detected in a 3.7 billion-year-old rock sample from Mars .
These long carbon chains are thought to have originated from molecules called fatty acids, which, on Earth , are produced by biological activity.
Their existence on the Red Planet means that signs of life may be lurking within its soil.
Scientists reveal signs of crucial life-sustaining process on Mars .
Jess Thomson is a freelance journalist.
She has previously worked as a science reporter for Newsweek and The Cut.
She holds a Biological Sciences degree from the University of Oxford , where she specialised in animal behavior and ecology.
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