Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in samples from asteroid Bennu. This discovery ...

PT5, initially identified as a near-Earth asteroid, is believed to be a lunar fragment due to its unique orbit and mineral ...

Scientists from NASA and other institutions who have been analyzing the Bennu asteroid sample that returned to Earth last ...

Bennu samples brought back by a University of Arizona-led space mission contain the key ingredients of life and signs of the ...

Scientists found that asteroid Bennu contained a set of salty mineral deposits that formed in an exact sequence when a brine evaporated, leaving clues about the type of water that flowed billions of ...

This photo of asteroid Bennu is composed of 12 Polycam images collected on Dec. 2, 2024, by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. NASA A ...

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

The building blocks of DNA have been found in samples returned to Earth from an asteroid, suggesting life rained down from ...

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

In a triumph for NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission, new findings suggest that tiny bits of rock retrieved from the ...

The building blocks for life, including salts, organic matter and amino acids have been found in samples returned to Earth ...

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