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

Scientists from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission recently delivered remarkable findings about asteroid ...

Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...

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

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

Bennu’s highly unlikely impact with Earth—which could happen in 157 years—could cause a global winter and drought, modeling ...

Although the chances of impact are slim, Bennu is still one of the most potentially hazardous known asteroids in our solar ...

Bennu, it seems, was born of a salty planetoid rife with the ingredients for life. Bennu as it exists today is essentially a ...

New insights from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission have unveiled intriguing clues about the potential origins of life on Earth. The ...

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 ...

Bennu samples brought back by a University of Arizona-led space mission contain the key ingredients of life and signs of the ...