NASA's Curiosity rover has found the longest chain carbon molecules to date on the surface of Mars.
A strange incident involving a glowing silt pond would go on to spark a mystery that would endure for five decades.
A strange incident involving a glowing silt pond would go on to spark a mystery that would endure for over four decades.
A Carboniferous cephalopod that once roamed the prehistoric seas has received a rather familiar moniker.
Carbon associated with biological processes has been discovered in samples analyzed by the rover.
Scientists have identified a potential new way to detect the presence of extraterrestrial life on distant worlds.
The carbon and nitrogen that make up our bodies likely came from a planet that once smacked in to the Earth.
A lack of carbon monoxide on a methane-rich world could indicate the presence of extraterrestrial life.
Just like the oceans here on Earth, Titan's hydrocarbon seas and lakes lie at an average elevation.
Scientists have radiocarbon dated a small fragment of bone that may have belonged to Saint Nicholas.
An asteroid thought to have come from interstellar space is carrying organic carbon-based molecules.
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has found carbon-based materials similar to those found on the early Earth.
Scientists are working on a new type of protective suit made out of lightweight carbon nanotubes.
The breakthrough could offer up a new way to help curb the level of global carbon dioxide emissions.
A new study has revealed that regrown rainforests absorb up to 11 times more carbon than old forests.
An ambitious new plan could see carbon dioxide being sucked out of the atmosphere and turned in to fuel.
Despite its hellish conditions, Venus may have once had its own version of Earth's oceans.
Researchers believe that alien life forms may be able to survive on 'supercritical' carbon dioxide.
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured images of sunlight glinting on Titan's hydrocarbon oceans.
An incident involving a strange glowing silt pond would go on to spark a mystery spanning four decades.