NASA’s Bennu samples have revealed an unexpected mix of sugars, sticky 'gum-like' material and ancient stardust. Scientists ...

When scientists sifted through dust from asteroid Bennu and spotted tryptophan, the same amino acid often blamed for ...

Some of the oldest objects in the solar system still drift above your head. Asteroids and comets formed before Earth took ...

Early this year, a surprise space rock made headlines around the globe when the International Asteroid Warning Network ...

Funding uncertainties are pushing U.S. space scientists out of the field and putting existing and future space missions on the chopping block.

The mysterious “space gum” never seen in cosmic rocks before its discovery in the Bennu samples likely formed in the solar system’s infancy, NASA said. According to the agency, the molecules it ...

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

We knew from prior analyses that a distant asteroid sampled in 2020 carried all but one of the molecules needed to kick-start life, and researchers have just found the missing ingredient: sugar ...

One of the most elegant theories about the origins of life on our planet is that it was kick-started by a delivery from outer ...

A new analysis of samples returned from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu has revealed a rich collection of organic molecules, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will host leaders of five Central Asian countries at the White House on Thursday as he intensifies his hunt for rare earth metals needed for high-tech devices, ...