Rock and dust samples from the Bennu asteroid contain molecules that are the "key to life" on Earth, NASA officials announced ...

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

Scientists detected all five nucleobases -- building blocks of DNA and RNA -- in samples returned from asteroid Bennu by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission.

Asteroids, small airless bodies within the inner solar system, are theorized to have contributed water and chemical building blocks of life to Earth billions of years ago. Although meteorites on Earth ...

Japanese scientists detected all five nucleobases — building blocks of DNA and RNA — in samples returned from asteroid Bennu ...

Analyzing a sample from an asteroid named Bennu reveals the chemicals necessary to form DNA and RNA.

Chile's dark skies, vital for astronomy, face threats from urban development. The asteroid Bennu could pose a future risk to ...

29 (UPI) --Rock and dust samples from the Bennu asteroid contain molecules ... Science News // 1 day ago SpaceX launches Maxar 3 mission, high-resolution commercial satellites Feb. 4 (UPI ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission returned 121.6 grams of sample from asteroid (101955 ... structure containing carbon and nitrogen—using high-resolution mass spectrometry at Kyushu University.

More:High resolution photos of asteroid materials revealed. How NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft brought Bennu sample back to Earth. The findings were reported in two journal articles on Wednesday.