The origins of life on our planet remains one of science’s great mysteries. Now, a NASA mission that brought a piece of an ...

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When exposed to formaldehyde, which was also detected, ammonia can form amino acids, the building blocks of proteins.

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

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

The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023, and these studies show that it contains amino ...

The asteroid Bennu has provided groundbreaking insights into the chemistry that may have set the stage for life in the early ...

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 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 ...

For months, NASA was unable to open the sample container from the Osiris-Rex asteroid probe. It was found to contain over 51 ...

The NASA spacecraft almost sunk into the loosely packed surface when it descended to collect its sample in 2020. This helped OSIRIS-REx to scoop up 121.6 g (4.29 oz), far more than the amount that ...