Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...

Juliet Ugbede Akoh: An example of a Rock (aggregates of minerals), made up of Quartz, Amphibole, Pink Potassium Feldspar, and White Plagioclase Feldspar Focus on chemistry, physics, geography, biology ...

This photo of asteroid Bennu is composed of 12 Polycam images collected on Dec. 2, 2024, by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. NASA A ...

In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-meter-wide asteroid 320 million kilometers from Earth.

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission delivered samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing crucial molecules linked to life, including amino acids and nucleobases found in DNA and RNA. The presence of ammonia and ...

Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...

Bennu contains minerals and thousands of organic molecules, including the chemical components that make up DNA.

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

When asteroids like Bennu hit the young Earth, they could have provided a complete package of complex molecules and the ...

The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ...

Rock and dust samples from the Bennu asteroid contain molecules that are the "key to life" on Earth, NASA officials announced ...