Re: Organic carbon detected in Bright Angel rock formation on Mars

"a425couple"  wrote in message news:XR9%[email protected]...

from
https://phys.org/news/2026-06-carbon-bright-angel-formation-mars.html

Organic carbon detected in Bright Angel rock formation on Mars
by Planetary Science Institute...

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"Organic" as used here is misleading, a remnant of the old disproven belief 
that only life could create carbon chemistry. It now refers to carbon 
compounds in general regardless of their source. For example acetylene is 
considered organic although it's made from rocks and water.
https://byjus.com/chemistry/acetylene-formula-questions/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_W%C3%B6hler
"His synthesis of the organic compound urea in the laboratory from inorganic 
substances contradicted the belief that organic compounds could only be 
produced by living organisms due to a "life force" known as vitalism."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbonaceous_chondrite
"The presence of volatile organic chemicals and water indicates that they 
have not undergone significant heating (>200 °C) since they were formed, and 
their compositions are considered to be close to that of the solar nebula 
from which the Solar System condensed."

Chemistry evolved from mysticism and misconception into a science in the 
first half of the 1800's, but some of the old ideas and names have persisted 
in popular culture.