Researchers in China found Baminornis zhenghensis, which lived at roughly the same time as the famous Archaeopteryx but ...

Scientists have unearthed in southeastern China the fossil of a quail-sized bird that lived about 150 million years ago ...

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Asteroids provide a time capsule into our home planet’s history, and Bennu’s samples are pivotal in our understanding of what ingredients in our solar system existed before life started on Earth,” ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission collected a sample from asteroid Bennu, offering insights into early Solar System chemistry. The September 2023 return revealed rare minerals and organic compounds, shedding ...

Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in samples from asteroid Bennu. This discovery offers compelling evidence that all life on Earth, including humans, is likely ...

WASHINGTON - Rock and dust samples retrieved by NASA from the asteroid Bennu exhibit some of the chemical building blocks of life, according to research that provides some of the best evidence to date ...

Scientists have discovered vital chemical compounds in dust from Bennu. The asteroid sample, collected by NASA’s Osiris-Rex mission, contains organic molecules essential for life. This finding ...

Researchers say the asteroid Bennu has the building blocks for life on it. The samples collected and returned to Earth were part of the University of Arizona-led OSIRS-REx mission. Two newly published ...