Scientists have discovered numerous organic compounds in samples from the asteroid Bennu, including key amino acids and the ...

In a nutshell Scientists found pristine salt minerals in asteroid Bennu samples that formed in a specific sequence as ancient ...

A NASA spacecraft has returned asteroid samples that hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty ...

This artist’s concept shows NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft descending towards asteroid Bennu to collect a sample of the ...

Bennu’s parent asteroid, which formed around 4.5 billion years ago, seems to have been home to pockets of liquid water.

NASA has unveiled discoveries made from examining samples taken from the asteroid Bennu, which shed light on how widely the ...

Scientists have discovered a rich range of organic compounds in samples retrieved from an asteroid by a US spacecraft, including many of the key chemical building blocks of life.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx space probe dropped off samples of asteroid Bennu in 2023, and now those samples have been analyzed by researchers for their contents.

Samples from the asteroid Bennu, which landed in Utah's west desert in September 2023, could suggest rocks carrying an ...

LOS ANGELES -- Studies of the samples from asteroid Bennu brought back to Earth by NASA's spacecraft have revealed that the ...

Pristine samples of the asteroid Bennu transported to Earth contain the 'basic building blocks' for life, shedding new light ...

Researchers say the asteroid Bennu has the building blocks for life on it. The samples collected and returned to Earth were ...