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

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission delivered samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing crucial molecules linked to life, including amino ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

NASA OSIRIS-REx sample collection event at Asteroid Bennu saw the spacecraft plunge its arm into the surface. Find out how deep it went. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

Early analysis of asteroid samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission show the residue of an icy brine, and a soup of amino acids ...

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

Scientists from NASA and other institutions reported the findings of the first in-depth analysis of the minerals and ...

Glavin, senior scientist for sample return at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. However, new research has shown that one species of mushroom coral, Cycloseris cyclolites ...

The meteor fragments returned by OSIRIS-REx shed light on the entwined history of water and the chemical ingredients of life ...

The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ...