Samples collected from the asteroid Bennu are continuing the shed light on the origins of the solar system and how life ...

Analyzing pristine fragments of the asteroid delivered to Earth by NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in 2023, a team led by ...

New research announced by NASA on Tuesday details a bevy of exciting discoveries from asteroid dust that could provide clues ...

NASA’s Bennu samples have revealed life-linked sugars, a mysterious gum-like substance and even grains of ancient stardust.

Sugars essential for biology have been discovered in a gum-like substance in fragments from the Bennu space-rock.

Elisha Sauers writes about space for Mashable, taking deep dives into NASA's moon and Mars missions, chatting up astronauts ...

NASA has unveiled a series of new discoveries that make the possibility of alien life elsewhere in the universe more ...

Samples retrieved from asteroid Bennu by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission in September 2023 have yielded a surprising treasure trove ...

Researchers say the latest discovery is particularly significant because tryptophan has never before been detected in ...

The asteroid Bennu continues to provide new clues to scientists' biggest questions about the formation of the early solar ...

An essential amino acid that is mistakenly believed to cause drowsiness after eating turkey has been found in an asteroid for the first time, giving scientists clues to the origin of life on Earth.

When NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission brought back its precious cargo from Asteroid Bennu, scientists expected incredible data. What ...