Asteroids, small airless bodies within the inner solar system, are theorized to have contributed water and chemical building ...

Scientists detected all five nucleobases -- building blocks of DNA and RNA -- in samples returned from asteroid Bennu by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission.

The building blocks for life, including salts, organic matter and amino acids have been found in samples returned to Earth ...

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

Scientists found 11 minerals in Bennu samples, including calcite, halite, and sylvite, that form when water with dissolved ...

Two science teams pored over samples from the B-type asteroid Bennu, finding chemicals linked to the beginnings of life and ...

The discovery is a capstone achievement for NASA, which went to great lengths to secure and deliver asteroid samples from ...

Analyzing a sample from an asteroid named Bennu reveals the chemicals necessary to form DNA and RNA.

Joint Press Release by Hokkaido University, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Kyushu University ...

Japanese collaborators detected all five nucleobases — building blocks of DNA and RNA — in samples returned from asteroid Bennu by NASA's OSIRIS-REx ...

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

Rock and dust samples brought back from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu contain organic matter, including amino acids and all ...