All forms of Earth life have specific chemicals in their makeup, such as amino acids and sugars. Scientists have known that ...
Studies of asteroid Bennu delivered to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft have revealed molecules that, on our planet, are key to life.
This artist’s concept shows NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft descending towards asteroid Bennu to collect a sample of the ...
NASA's latest asteroid sample from Bennu reveals amino acids and nucleobases, essential for life, sparking questions about ...
Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...
NASA has unveiled discoveries made from examining samples taken from the asteroid Bennu, which shed light on how widely the ...
The scientists also found tiny crystals of rare salt minerals called halite and sylvite within Bennu's dust particles. These ...
The discovery is a capstone achievement for NASA, which went to great lengths to secure and deliver asteroid samples from asteroid Bennu in 2020.
NASA's ambitious Mars sample-return mission faces budget and timeline challenges, but private space company Rocket Lab may have a solution to save the day.
NASA anticipates additional Mars Sample Return updates in the first quarter of 2025," said Karen Fox, a NASA spokesperson, responding to a Space.com inquiry. Breaking space news, the latest ...
Precise curation was necessary to discover that the Bennu asteroid sample contains building blocks of life on Earth.Long ...
To comply, NASA has sought to sanitize Mars rovers at a threshold of no more than 300,000 bacterial spores on any surface.