When NASA launched a spacecraft to an asteroid, scientists patiently waited for their chance to look at bits of the space ...

We live in a golden age for space exploration. Scientists are gathering massive amounts of new information and scientific ...

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HUMANS have come a step closer to finding aliens after the “building blocks for life” were discovered by scientists on an ...

Two exciting new studies detail the life-supporting contents of a 4.3-ounce sample of the asteroid Bennu. The OSIRIS-REx ...

Samples from asteroid Bennu have delivered insights into the origins of Earth’s water and the organic molecules that may have ...

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.

A new analysis of samples from the asteroid Bennu reveals that evaporated water left a briny broth where salts and minerals ...