Every day, about 48.5 tons of space rock hurtle towards Earth. Every day, about 48.5 tons of space rock hurtle towards Earth.
There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 ...
All forms of Earth life have specific chemicals in their makeup, such as amino acids and sugars. Scientists have known that ...
It took a while for scientists to gain access to the samples that NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission took from the asteroid Bennu, but ...
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Scientists have finally had a close look at the rubble collected by a NASA spacecraft from an asteroid. In it, they've found ...
When asteroids like Bennu hit the young Earth, they could have provided a complete package of complex molecules and the ...
Two new studies show a briny, carbon-rich environment on the parent body of the Bennu asteroid was suitable for assembling ...
Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...
Scientists studying samples that NASA collected from the asteroid Bennu found a wide assortment of organic molecules that ...
This week, meet a big-brained ancient human relative, hear a meteorite as it lands on Earth, spot a tiny kangaroo-like marsupial, and more.