Scientists detected all five nucleobases -- building blocks of DNA and RNA -- in samples returned from asteroid Bennu by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission.

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission brought back samples from asteroid Bennu, uncovering clues about the origins of life. Scientists ...

A team of researchers reported in the journal Nature on Wednesday that the asteroid, known as Bennu, contains a wealth of organic molecules, including many crucial building blocks of life.

But with that out of the way, personnel like Jason Dworkin, Science and Exploration Directorate at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, could finally open the return capsule and send the samples ...

Samples brought back to Earth from asteroid "Bennu" in 2023 have been found to contain crucial building blocks for life—including amino acids and all five DNA and RNA nucleobases. The findings ...

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Molecules friendly to life have been found in samples of the asteroid Bennu, which NASA collected with a robotic probe five ...

The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ...

Sergio McKenzie, a 25-year IT veteran, has been appointed as chief information officer at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, according to a LinkedIn post published Wednesday. “[I’m] truly ...

A NASA spacecraft brought samples from the asteroid Bennu back to Earth in 2023. The first in-depth analyses of that material have revealed organic molecules, including building blocks of life.

The asteroid Bennu, visited by a NASA robotic probe five years ago, contained many of the basic building blocks for ... an astrobiologist at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and lead author ...