Scientists have confirmed the presence of organic molecules on the surface of the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, opening the door to the possibility that life on Earth arose from cosmic origins.

WASHINGTON — The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every six years at about 186,000 miles away. It might come even ...

Bennu, a rocky object classified as a near-Earth asteroid, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with the Earth in September 2182, new research has discovered. The IBS Center for Climate Physics ...

A travelling replica of The Witness Blanket opened in a new exhibition at the Chilliwack Museum on Feb. 5. The Witness Blanket was brought to fruition by B.C. artist and master carver Carey Newman, ...

may have kick-started [the process of] making much more complicated and interesting organics like the nucleobases,” study author Sara Russell at the Natural History Museum in London told Nature. A ...

The strain had previously been found only in birds and people. Most bird flu infections in dairy cattle in the US have been the B3.13 variant, or what’s become known as the “cattle clade.” ...

Scientists can be sadistic people at times. Now, they’ve simulated what will happen to us all if Bennu, a hill-sized piece of space rock, indeed does end up colliding with Earth. You’ve ...