When NASA launched a spacecraft to an asteroid, scientists patiently waited for their chance to look at bits of the space ...
Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...
There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 ...
When you first hear the term “complete protein,” you may just think it’s one of those marketing buzzwords used to make ...
Scientists from NASA and other institutions who have been analyzing the Bennu asteroid sample that returned to Earth last ...
Two science teams pored over samples from the B-type asteroid Bennu, finding chemicals linked to the beginnings of life and ...
Samples of asteroid Bennu contain molecules that suggest the "conditions necessary for life" were widespread across the early ...