Understanding where Earth's essential elements came from—and why some are missing—has long puzzled scientists. Now, a new study reveals a surprising ...
"What if the iron stones were warming up to the point where they would actually melt the glacial ice beneath them and sink ...
Hunting for meteorites can be a high-octane race as private collectors and scientists go head-to-head, reveals a new book by ...
Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...
In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-meter-wide asteroid 320 million kilometers from Earth.
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale ...
Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient ...
When asteroids like Bennu hit the young Earth, they could have provided a complete package of complex molecules and the ...
In samples NASA brought back from the asteroid Bennu, scientists have discovered of organic compounds, including key building ...
There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 ...
Analysis of debris from the nearly 5 billion-year-old asteroid Bennu suggests the building blocks of DNA and RNA were present ...
Two new papers describe hints to a brine-filled environment on the 4.5-billion-year-old space rock and the presence of amino ...