Largest Organics Yet Discovered on Mars

Since arriving at Mars in 2012, NASA’s Curiosity rover has been ingesting samples of Martian rock, soil, and air to better understand the past and present habitability of the Red Planet. Of particular interest to its search are organic molecules: the building blocks of life. Now, Curiosity’s onboard chemistry lab has detected long-chain hydrocarbons in a mudstone called “Cumberland,” the largest organics yet discovered on Mars. Learn more about this discovery: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/mar... Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Dan Gallagher: Producer/Narrator Caroline Freissinet: Lead Scientist Daniel Glavin: Scientist Jason Dworkin: Scientist Charles Malespin: Scientist Lonnie Shekhtman: Science Writer Walt Feimer: Animation Lead Michael Lentz: Art Director Jonathan North: Animator Kim Dongjae: Animator Andrew Good: Public Affairs Erin Morton: Public Affairs Nancy Jones: Public Affairs Aaron E. Lepsch: Technical Support Universal Production Music: “Labyrinth of Discovery” by Emma Zarobyan [SOCAN] This video can be freely shared and downloaded at https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14808. While the video in its entirety can be shared without permission, the music and some individual imagery may have been obtained through permission and may not be excised or remixed in other products. Specific details on such imagery may be found here: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14808. For more information on NASA’s media guidelines, visit https://nasa.gov/multimedia/guidelines. If you liked this video, subscribe to the NASA Goddard YouTube channel:    / nasagoddard   Follow NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center · Instagram:   / nasagoddard   · X:   / nasagoddard   · Facebook:   / nasagoddard   · Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc