Most organic compounds contain carbon and hydrogen, but they may also include any number of other elements (e.g., nitrogen, oxygen, halogens, phosphorus, silicon, sulfur). Originally limited to the ...

Heleveria is a PhD student in Petr Kovaříček’s lab at the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague. Her research ...

In Photos: Enceladus, Saturn's Icy, ... Now, the discovery of these organic compounds in no way equates to the discovery of life or even necessarily the building blocks of life.

The organic compounds discovered—different combinations of carbon, hydrogen, and chlorine—are the same or similar to chlorinated organics detected in the mid-1970s by the Viking landers.

Along with another volatile organic compound called 2-methylisoborneol or 2-MIB, geosmin is primarily responsible for the characteristic smell of earth—and both contribute greatly to the smell ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has detected evidence of organic compounds in a huge 28-mile-wide crater on Mars for the first time. The discovery, which was published in the journal Nature, has ...

Scientists discover new organic compounds that could have helped form the first cells. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2020 / 10 / 201028082954.htm.

Martian meteorite contains large diversity of organic compounds Tissint, which crash landed in Morocco more than 11 years ago, is one of only five Martian meteorites that have been observed as ...