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

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

Scientists have found all five nucelobases alongisde minerals essential for life as we know it on the potentially hazardous ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission delivered samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing crucial molecules linked to life, including amino acids and nucleobases found in DNA and RNA. The presence of ammonia and ...

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

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

NASA scientists found amino acids, key minerals, and nucleobases for DNA in samples from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission.

All forms of Earth life have specific chemicals in their makeup, such as amino acids and sugars. Scientists have known that ...

Molecules friendly to life have been found in samples of the asteroid Bennu, which NASA collected with a robotic probe five ...

Studies of asteroid Bennu delivered to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft have revealed molecules that, on our planet, are key to life.