Samples from asteroid Bennu have delivered insights into the origins of Earth’s water and the organic molecules that may have ...
Bennu, it seems, was born of a salty planetoid rife with the ingredients for life. Bennu as it exists today is essentially a ...
Japanese scientists detected all five nucleobases — building blocks of DNA and RNA — in samples returned from asteroid Bennu ...
Studies of asteroid Bennu delivered to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft have revealed molecules that, on our planet, are key to life.
The study of asteroid samples is a highly lucrative area of research and one of the best ways to determine how the Solar ...
Early analysis of asteroid samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission show the residue of an icy brine, and a soup of amino acids.
Scientists have discovered numerous organic compounds in samples from the asteroid Bennu, including key amino acids and the ...
This artist’s concept shows NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft descending towards asteroid Bennu to collect a sample of the ...
Scientists found 11 minerals in Bennu samples, including calcite, halite, and sylvite, that form when water with dissolved ...