When NASA launched a spacecraft to an asteroid, scientists patiently waited for their chance to look at bits of the space ...
There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 ...
Scientists poring over a sample brought back from the asteroid Bennu have detected amino acids and complex mineral compounds, ...
Scientists from NASA and other institutions who have been analyzing the Bennu asteroid sample that returned to Earth last ...
The origins of life on our planet remains one of science’s great mysteries. Now, a NASA mission that brought a piece of an ...
Bennu’s highly unlikely impact with Earth—which could happen in 157 years—could cause a global winter and drought, modeling ...
Molecules friendly to life have been found in samples of the asteroid Bennu, which NASA collected with a robotic probe five ...
NASA scientists found amino acids, key minerals, and nucleobases for DNA in samples from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission.
The building blocks for life, including salts, organic matter and amino acids have been found in samples returned to Earth ...
Samples of asteroid Bennu contain molecules that suggest the "conditions necessary for life" were widespread across the early ...
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission delivered samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing crucial molecules linked to life, including amino ...
NASA's latest asteroid sample from Bennu reveals amino acids and nucleobases, essential for life, sparking questions about ...