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

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

Kevin Righter started at University of Rochester last year, but before that he worked on NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission to collect ...

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

Bennu samples brought back by a University of Arizona-led space mission contain the key ingredients of life and signs of the ...

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

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 ... The team at the University of Arizona, led ...

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

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

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

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