Where would carbon-based life be without carbon? There are 118 known chemical elements, but carbon is the fourth most abundant and perhaps the most important to human life. Everywhere you look, ...

A complex form of carbon crucial for life on Earth has been spotted outside the solar system for the first time. Its presence helps show how the compounds needed for life could come from space. The ...

Understanding the Martian Carbon Cycle The carbon cycle on Mars is of paramount importance when considering the planet’s potential to harbor life. It involves the movement of carbon in various forms, ...