NASA finds 3,500,000,000-year-old chemicals on Mars crucial for origin of life

‘Is it life?’ – scientists are uncertain what the Curiosity rover found (Picture: via REUTERS)

Humankind has come one step closer to finding proof of life on Mars.

Nasa detected organic molecules on Mars, including chemicals widely considered building blocks for the origin of life on Earth.

The space agency’s rover Curiosity has been scouring Mars ever since it landed on the Red Planet in 2012.

It was in the Gale crater – where scientists ...