NASA Study: Non-biologic Processes Don’t Fully Explain Mars Organics

Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 08, 2026

In a new study, researchers say that non-biological sources they considered could not fully account for the abundance of organic compounds in a sample collected on Mars by NASA’s Curiosity rover.

In March 2025, scientists reported identifying small amounts of decane, undecane, and dodecane in a rock sample analyzed in the chemistry lab aboard Curiosity. These were the largest organic compo