When NASA launched a spacecraft to an asteroid, scientists patiently waited for their chance to look at bits of the space ...

Scientists have long believed they understood how life’s genetic code evolved, but new research upends that assumption. By analyzing ancient protein sequences, researchers discovered that early life p ...

NASA's asteroid samples contain organic compounds and minerals that may have seeded early Earth with life's building blocks.

Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...

Samples contain all five nucleobases of DNA and RNA, supporting theory that asteroids may have seeded Earth with life's ...

Scientists have discovered numerous organic compounds in samples from the asteroid Bennu, including key amino acids and the ...

Samples returned from an asteroid contain a surprising abundance of the basic ingredients of life. They were discovered to be ...

Two science teams pored over samples from the B-type asteroid Bennu, finding chemicals linked to the beginnings of life and ...

Samples from the asteroid Bennu contain the building blocks of life as we know it. Scientists are enthusiastic.

The building blocks for life, including salts, organic matter and amino acids have been found in samples returned to Earth ...

Bennu’s parent asteroid, which formed around 4.5 billion years ago, seems to have been home to pockets of liquid water.