We knew from prior analyses that a distant asteroid sampled in 2020 carried all but one of the molecules needed to kick-start ...

The asteroid Bennu continues to provide new clues to scientists' biggest questions about the formation of the early solar system and the origins of life. As part of the ongoing study of pristine ...

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

International team finds glucose and ribose in samples from asteroid Bennu, marking first glucose discovery in space ...

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

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

Bennu is believed to have originated from the shards of a much larger world. Curiously, asteroid Ryugu, sampled by the ...

Researchers say this ancient “space gum,” once soft and flexible but now hardened, may have provided some of the chemical ...

Samples retrieved from asteroid Bennu by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission in September 2023 have yielded a surprising treasure trove ...

Retired astronaut and current Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) celebrated NASA ’s “pretty exciting” announcement on Thursday after ...

Bennu samples reveal biological sugars, a strange, gum-like material, and ancient stardust that shed light on the early solar ...