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

In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-metre-wide asteroid 320 ...

Researchers offer their most comprehensive assessment to date of the history of water and organic compounds in a sample ...

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

NASA will provide an update on science results from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, January 29, which delivered a sample of ...

Scientists have found all five nucelobases alongisde minerals essential for life as we know it on the potentially hazardous ...

In a separate train of thought — and my personal favorite Bennu discovery so far — the OSIRIS-REx sample analysis also communicated something peculiar about the "chirality" of molecules found ...

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 ...