Scientists have analysed samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing components that could be key to understanding how life began ...

NASA's latest asteroid sample from Bennu reveals amino acids and nucleobases, essential for life, sparking questions about ...

"NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission already is rewriting the textbook on what we understand about the beginnings of our solar system," the statement reads ...

Baker said that there are other astronomical events that may be more interesting than the parade of planets. Baker said Mars ...

Curtin University researchers have gained an unprecedented glimpse into the early history of our solar system through some of the most well-preserved ...

Rock and dust samples from the Bennu asteroid contain molecules that are the "key to life" on Earth, NASA officials announced ...

In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-metre-wide asteroid 320 ...

The rocks and dust collected from asteroid Bennu hold amino acids, ammonia and other molecules essential to life on Earth, NASA reported Wednesday. The findings suggest the conditions necessary for ...

How can the latest technology, such as solar cells, be improved? An international research team led by the University of ...

After decades of study, scientists sound genuinely optimistic about the possibility of detecting primordial black holes, which might explain dark matter.

Scientists found that asteroid Bennu contained a set of salty mineral deposits that formed in an exact sequence when a brine evaporated, leaving clues about the type of water that flowed billions of ...

HD 20794 d completes its orbit just shy of two Earth years, placing it well within reach of conditions that might harbor life ...