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 ...
Scientists have discovered numerous organic compounds in samples from the asteroid Bennu, including key amino acids and the ...
Scientists found 11 minerals in Bennu samples, including calcite, halite, and sylvite, that form when water with dissolved ...
This mineral-rich asteroid might have carried the seeds of life. Planetary scientists have discovered organic matter ...