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.

The study of asteroid samples is a highly lucrative area of research and one of the best ways to determine how the Solar ...

In the samples from the asteroid Bennu, scientists discovered numerous organic compounds, including key amino acids, as well ...

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

“Peptides are small chains of amino acids, which are the basic components that make up the proteins found naturally in your ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx space probe dropped off samples of asteroid Bennu in 2023, and now those samples have been analyzed by researchers for their contents.

Researchers have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in unprecedented samples collected from the ...

"The detection of these key building blocks of life in the Bennu samples supports the theory that asteroids and their fragments seeded the early Earth with the raw ingredients that led to the ...

Some amino acids can be built in two ways that mirror each other, like a pair of right and left hands. Life on Earth uses the ...

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