Scientists studying samples from the asteroid Bennu have uncovered a surprisingly complex chemical landscape at the tiniest ...

Scientists studying the samples returned from asteroid Bennu by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission have found a surprisingly intricate ...

A team of US astronomers has carried out one of the deepest analyses to date of a sample from the asteroid Bennu, revealing ...

A new study reveals all five fundamental nucleobases—the molecular "letters" of life—have been detected in samples from the asteroid Ryugu.

Particles returned from asteroid Bennu by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission contain direct evidence that liquid water once flowed ...

NASA said it has taken initial samples from a fragment of an asteroid returned to Earth and discovered it contains many of the building blocks needed for life. On Wednesday, NASA said that the ...

DNA from a distance ...

JAXA samples reveal that asteroid Ryugu has a complete set of nucleobases, the building blocks of DNA.

It’s been hypothesized for decades that life on Earth may not have been as “homegrown” as one might think and now, we’re looking above and hundreds of thousands of miles out for more answers. An ...

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Scientists detected all five nucleobases in asteroid Ryugu samples, suggesting the key building blocks of DNA and RNA are ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft is stuffed with so much asteroid rubble from this week’s grab that it’s jammed open and precious particles are drifting away in space, scientists said ...