Several sugars have been found on a sample of the asteroid Bennu, which may provide scientists with clues about our early ...

"I'm becoming much more optimistic that we may be able to find life beyond Earth, even in our own solar system." ...

Scientists discovered ribose — in addition to “all five nucleobases used to construct both DNA and RNA” — on asteroid Bennu, ...

Two asteroids are set for safe flybys near Earth, reassuring the public that no threat exists. NASA emphasizes these events ...

A popular science TikToker explained discoveries on the asteroid Bennu after NASA brought samples back to Earth from 39 ...

Watch Asteroid 2024 JN16 making a close approach to Earth. Credit: Space.com | animation/data: ESA | edited by Steve Spaleta ...

Asteroid 2024 DW flew about 139,000 miles (224,000 km) away from Earth. The space rock was estimated to be about 43 feet wide ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission found sugars essential for biology on asteroid Bennu. These sugars, along with previously found ...

An asteroid is headed straight toward Earth. Initially, scientists thought it would miss us, but they've made some serious ...

Studying samples from the Bennu asteroid, researchers have found sugars essential for biology, stardust and ... something ...

Scientists studying samples from the Bennu asteroid located not too far from Earth continue to find clues as to how life ...

Samples collected from the asteroid Bennu are continuing the shed light on the origins of the solar system and how life ...