NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission returned samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing insights into life's ingredients on Earth, paralleling those found in the Revelstoke meteorite's analysis.

Last week, scientists who analyzed the rubble from a near-Earth asteroid reported their first detailed findings. The ...

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Scientists from NASA and other institutions reported the findings of the first in-depth analysis of the minerals and ...

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 ...

In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-meter-wide asteroid 320 million kilometers from Earth.

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

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.

The asteroid Bennu contains all the materials needed for life. This backs up an old hypothesis that the building blocks of ...

When exposed to formaldehyde, which was also detected, ammonia can form amino acids, the building blocks of proteins.