Scientists from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission recently delivered remarkable findings about asteroid ...

Early analysis of asteroid samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission show the residue of an icy brine, and a soup of amino acids.

However, the 74 million tonne space rock, which was first discovered in 1999, could potentially strike Earth in around one hundred years time. NASA has calculated there is a 0.037 per cent – or one in ...

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

The building blocks for organic matter have been discovered on the asteroid Bennu, as deatiled in a new study in the journal ...

Researchers have determined the precise date when an asteroid could potentially impact Earth, carrying with it a power equivalent to that of 22 atomic bombs. This celestial object, named Bennu, ...

NASA scientists found amino acids, key minerals, and nucleobases for DNA in samples from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission.

Scientists have found all five nucelobases alongisde minerals essential for life as we know it on the potentially hazardous ...

A recently discovered asteroid has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Designated 2024 YR4, it caught astronomers' eyes ...

A small object, 2015 DJ155, roughly the size of the Statue of Liberty, is expected to pass by Earth on January 31, traveling ...

An enormous asteroid potentially larger than the Washington Monument is due to zip past our planet today. For comparison, the Washington Monument is about 555 feet tall, the Golden Gate Bridge is ...

Science News // 2 hours ago NASA finds 'key to life' in Bennu asteroid samples Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Rock and dust samples from the Bennu asteroid contain molecules that are the "key to life" on Earth ...