What FACTS ABOUT ROCKS do you know? They are abundant on earth, and yet little is known about them. These facts will increase your knowledge of the rocks.
The discovery supports the theory that asteroids seeded life on Earth.
Analyses of rock and dust samples from the asteroid Bennu collected and brought to Earth by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft show ...
When asteroids like Bennu hit the young Earth, they could have provided a complete package of complex molecules and the ingredients essential to life, such as water, phosphate and ammonia. Together, ...
In samples NASA brought back from the asteroid Bennu, scientists have discovered of organic compounds, including key building ...
The discovery is a capstone achievement for NASA, which went to great lengths to secure and deliver asteroid samples from ...
There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 ...
Scientists found that asteroid Bennu contained a set of salty mineral deposits that formed in an exact sequence when a brine evaporated, leaving clues about the type of water that flowed billions of ...
Analysis of debris from the nearly 5 billion-year-old asteroid Bennu suggests the building blocks of DNA and RNA were present ...
This photo of asteroid Bennu is composed of 12 Polycam images collected on Dec. 2, 2024, by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. NASA A ...
Two new studies show a briny, carbon-rich environment on the parent body of the Bennu asteroid was suitable for assembling ...
When asteroids like Bennu hit the young Earth, they could have provided a complete package of complex molecules and the ...