Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...
Two new papers describe hints to a brine-filled environment on the 4.5-billion-year-old space rock and the presence of amino ...
It took a while for scientists to gain access to the samples that NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission took from the asteroid Bennu, but ...
Samples of Bennu were brought back to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in 2023. Now, a pair of newly published papers ...
NASA scientists found amino acids, key minerals, and nucleobases for DNA in samples from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission.
There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 ...
A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of striking Earth in 2032. NASA and the European Space Agency said Wednesday ...
A NASA spacecraft has returned asteroid samples that hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty ...
The building blocks for life, including salts, organic matter and amino acids have been found in samples returned to Earth ...
A 200-foot-wide asteroid found in December has a one-in-83 chance of hitting Earth, according to space agencies.
Rock and dust samples from the Bennu asteroid contain molecules that are the "key to life" on Earth, NASA officials announced ...