Pristine samples of the asteroid Bennu transported to Earth contain the "basic building blocks" for life, shedding new light ...

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

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

Samples of organic matter returned from the asteroid Bennu support the theory that asteroids could have brought the building ...

Bennu contains minerals and thousands of organic molecules, including the chemical components that make up DNA.

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