Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...

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

A team led by a Rutgers-New Brunswick scientist has concluded water did not arrive as early during Earth's formation as ...

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.

All forms of Earth life have specific chemicals in their makeup, such as amino acids and sugars. Scientists have known that ...

The ultimate material, a composite of real iron meteorite and carbon steel, is known as non-stainless meteorite Damascus — and the overall “Mosaic Crossed Damascus Pattern” is stunning. In that way, ...

According to expert Chris Herd, it's an "ordinary chondrite," the most common kind of meteorite Have you ever wondered what a meteorite hitting Earth sounds like? Last July, Joe Velaidum and Laura ...

A sharp crash that sounds like glass shattering or ice cracking has been documented as likely the world's first audio recording of a meteorite crash. It came by chance from a doorbell camera ...

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The building blocks for organic matter have been discovered on the asteroid Bennu, as deatiled in a new study in the journal ...

Highlighting the BRLW Meteorite Damast’s bevy of high-end materials is a blade steel element from outer freakin’ space.