Scientists studying samples that NASA collected from the asteroid Bennu found a wide assortment of organic molecules that ...

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

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

All forms of Earth life have specific chemicals in their makeup, such as amino acids and sugars. Scientists have known that ...

In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-metre-wide asteroid 320 ...

Scientists said they didn’t find evidence of life on Bennu, but they did find evidence of the building blocks of life.

In samples NASA brought back from the asteroid Bennu, scientists have discovered of organic compounds, including key building ...

Southeast Wisconsin was glowing and buzzing Tuesday night as the skies lit up across the Great Lakes region with fiery ...

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

After decades of study, scientists sound genuinely optimistic about the possibility of detecting primordial black holes, which might explain dark matter.

When asteroids like Bennu hit the young Earth, they could have provided a complete package of complex molecules and the ...

A new analysis of samples from the asteroid Bennu, NASA’s first asteroid sample captured in space and delivered to Earth, reveals that evaporated water left a briny broth where salts and minerals ...