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  • Have scientists found life on Mars? (Wikimedia Commons)
    Thiophenes On Mars: Evidence Of Past Life?
    Walker Rhea
    Thiophenes are compounds of carbon, hydrogen, and sulfur. Their molecules contain a ring of four carbon atoms and one sulfur atom. They are found in coal, crude oil, in fossils of microscopic life, and bacterial mats.