NASA's Curiosity rover, which launched in 2011 from Florida, found signs of organic material that on Earth is most often ...

While the technology still needs significant work, a new analysis of meteorites points to valuable targets in the solar ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has uncovered some of the largest organic molecules ever detected on Mars, and scientists say ordinary geology may not fully explain them.

The object is hurtling towards the Earth at a zippy 12,616 miles per hour, according to data from the space agency.

A new study analyzes three asteroid and two meteorite samples to see if space rocks smacking into Earth could’ve helped kickstart life.

Dust from asteroid Bennu is revealing a surprising origin story for life’s building blocks. New research suggests some amino acids formed in frozen ice exposed to radiation, not warm liquid water as ...

NASA Planetary Scientist Noah Petro dishes on what it took plan the impressive touch-and-go return mission, why much of the ...

The discovery that amino acids can form in more ways than we thought is another boost to the search for life beyond Earth. If ...

Penn State researchers think a key ingredient for life may have formed in deep freeze, not in a warm asteroid puddle. A space sample with a new twistScientists at Penn State; led by geoscientist ...