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

The meteor fragments returned by OSIRIS-REx shed light on the entwined history of water and the chemical ingredients of life in the solar system.

Samples from asteroid Bennu have delivered insights into the origins of Earth’s water and the organic molecules that may have ...

Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient ...

Japanese scientists detected all five nucleobases — building blocks of DNA and RNA — in samples returned from asteroid Bennu ...

Asteroid Bennu seems to have come from a long-lost world on the fringes of the solar system, where saltwater pooled and dried ...

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

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