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

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 found 11 minerals in Bennu samples, including calcite, halite, and sylvite, that form when water with dissolved ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

Samples from the asteroid Bennu, which landed in Utah's west desert in September 2023, could suggest rocks carrying an ...

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