NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale ...

Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...

A NASA spacecraft has returned asteroid samples that hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty ...

There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 ...

This artist’s concept shows NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft descending towards asteroid Bennu to collect a sample of the ...

Scientists poring over a sample brought back from the asteroid Bennu have detected amino acids and complex mineral compounds, ...

Scientists have found all five nucelobases alongisde minerals essential for life as we know it on the potentially hazardous ...

Bennu’s parent asteroid, which formed around 4.5 billion years ago, seems to have been home to pockets of liquid water.

NASA has unveiled discoveries made from examining samples taken from the asteroid Bennu, which shed light on how widely the ...

The first compound the team discovered in the Bennu sample was sodium carbonate, which had never been observed before in any other asteroid or meteorite. As it incorporates water into its crystal ...

NASA’s Bennu asteroid sample provides fresh insights into the potential for life beyond Earth, revealing key organic compounds and minerals.