An asteroid the size of One World Trade Center has a very small chance of crashing into Earth in the year 2182. But what ...

The Bennu samples contain 14 of the 20 amino acids that are essential for life on Earth to build proteins. Also found were ...

The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ingredients were mingling with water almost immediately.

This week, explore what lurks in asteroid dust, marvel at the world’s largest beaded burial, discover an elusive creature ...

Since ocean water contains salty ions, it can conduct electricity. As tides push ocean water around the globe, its interaction with the planet's magnetic field generates a weak electric current.

A NASA spacecraft has returned asteroid samples that hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty ...

This artist’s concept shows NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft descending towards asteroid Bennu to collect a sample of the asteroid’s surface. NASA/Goddard ...

The analysis of the Bennu samples is the scientific payoff for NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission ... which distributed samples to researchers across the globe. Ever since, scientists have been fussing over ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient water world, scientists reported Wednesday.

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft then dropped off a capsule ... Samples were divided up and shared with researchers around the globe. Glavin and his team detected thousands of organic molecular compounds ...

The organic ingredients to life, hints to where Earth’s water came from, and the fundamental building blocks of our planet ...