An asteroid impact today could be devastating. But a few billion years ago, an impact may have helped life exist. Scientists ...

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

NASA's watchful eye on the skies has recently spotted asteroid Bennu, a celestial body with a slim chance of impacting Earth.

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The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023, and these studies show that it contains amino ...

The discovery supports the theory that asteroids seeded life on Earth.

NASA's findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ...

This photo of asteroid Bennu is composed of 12 Polycam images collected on Dec. 2, 2024, by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. NASA A ...

Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...

New findings reveal that a NASA mission traveled to an asteroid that may have once been covered in salty lakes containing ...

Science News // 1 week ago NASA finds 'key to life' in Bennu asteroid samples Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Rock and dust samples from the Bennu asteroid contain molecules that are the "key to life" on Earth ...