Early analysis of asteroid samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission show the residue of an icy brine, and a soup of amino acids.

Asteroid Bennu seems to have come from a long-lost world on the fringes of the solar system, where saltwater pooled and dried ...

With more dicey systems and crew management Citizen Sleeper 2 risks losing some of its storytelling heart, even if it remains a well-crafted sci-fi RPG.

The discovery supports the theory that asteroids seeded life on Earth.

When asteroids like Bennu hit the young Earth, they could have provided a complete package of complex molecules and the ...

The limited edition Asteroids Atari Watches in collaboration with Nubeo are battery-less timepieces that looks just like the ...

Bennu samples brought back by a University of Arizona-led space mission contain the key ingredients of life and signs of the ...

There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 ...

Samples of Bennu were brought back to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in 2023. Now, a pair of newly published papers ...

Two new studies show a briny, carbon-rich environment on the parent body of the Bennu asteroid was suitable for assembling ...

Scientists detected all five nucleobases -- building blocks of DNA and RNA -- in samples returned from asteroid Bennu by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission.

A new analysis of samples from the asteroid Bennu, NASA’s first asteroid sample captured in space and delivered to Earth, reveals that evaporated water left a briny broth where salts and minerals ...