There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 ...
A NASA spacecraft has returned asteroid samples that hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty ...
Two new papers describe hints to a brine-filled environment on the 4.5-billion-year-old space rock and the presence of amino ...
Samples from asteroid Bennu have delivered insights into the origins of Earth’s water and the organic molecules that may have ...
NASA’s findings provide the strongest ... Sixty labs around the world are analyzing bits of Bennu as part of initial studies, said the University of Arizona’s Dante Lauretta, the mission ...
Scientists studying samples that NASA ... from Bennu, they do not anticipate finding any evidence of full-blown life in its grit. With just a few million years of warmth, that icy world probably ...
Rock and dust samples from the Bennu asteroid contain molecules that are the "key to life" on Earth, NASA officials announced ...
New insights from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission have unveiled intriguing clues about the potential origins of life on Earth. The mission, which launched in Septembe ...
Samples from asteroid Bennu were first brought to Earth in 2023. Now, NASA has published its key findings revealing that the cosmic traveler is carrying many of the key components for life.