There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 ...
It was all the way back in September 2023 when the return capsule from NASA's OSIRIS-REx sample-return mission landed at the ...
NASA will provide an update on science results from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, January 29, which delivered a sample of ...
The asteroid in question, named Bennu, was the focus of a very dreamy NASA mission called OSIRIS ... favorite Bennu discovery so far — the OSIRIS-REx sample analysis also communicated something ...
When exposed to formaldehyde, which was also detected, ammonia can form amino acids, the building blocks of proteins.
This artist’s concept shows NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft descending towards asteroid Bennu to collect a sample of the ...
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 space probe dropped off samples of asteroid Bennu in 2023, and now those samples have been analyzed by researchers for their contents.
For months, NASA was unable to open the sample container from the Osiris-Rex asteroid probe. It was found to contain over 51 grams. NASA's Osiris-Rex probe has brought a total of 121.6 grams of ...
Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...