Organic matter preserved in 3-billion-year-old mudstones at Gale crater, Mars

L. Eigenbrode, J.; E. Summons, Roger; Steele, A.; Freissinet, Caroline; Millán, M.; Navarro‐González, R.; Sutter, B.; C. McAdam, A.; B. Franz, H.; P. Glavin, D.; D. Archer, P.; R. Mahaffy, P.; G. Conrad, P.; A. Hurowitz, J.; P. Grotzinger, J.; Gupta, Sanjeev; Ming, Doug; Y. Sumner, D.; Szopa, Cyril; A. Malespin, C.; Buch, A.; Coll, Patrice

doi:10.1126/science.aas9185

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Organic matter preserved in 3-billion-year-old mudstones at Gale crater, Mars

Published in Science • Jun 7, 2018

Authors:

J. L. Eigenbrode

Roger E. Summons

A. Steele

Abstract

Establishing the presence and state of organic matter, including its possible biosignatures, in martian materials has been an elusive quest, despite limited reports of the existence of organic matter on Mars. We report the in situ detection of organic matter preserved in lacustrine mudstones at the ...

Subject

Mars Exploration Program

Astrobiology

Organic matter

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