The origins of life on our planet remains one science’s great mysteries. Now, a NASA mission that brought a piece of an ...

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

Are we extraterrestrial? Something was recently discovered by NASA on a near-Earth asteroid. They are Organic Molecules On ...

Two exciting new studies detail the life-supporting contents of a 4.3-ounce sample of the asteroid Bennu. The OSIRIS-REx ...

Scientists from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission recently delivered remarkable findings about asteroid ...

Early analysis of asteroid samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission show the residue of an icy brine, and a soup of amino acids ...

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

NASA and its partners have published the first wave of information about the samples collected in the OSIRIS-REx mission.

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale ...

The asteroid Bennu has provided groundbreaking insights into the chemistry that may have set the stage for life in the early ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission delivered samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing crucial molecules linked to life, including amino ...

Bennu’s highly unlikely impact with Earth—which could happen in 157 years—could cause a global winter and drought, modeling ...