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

In mice with Alzheimer's, the course of menthol for a six-month-long period was enough to stop the cognitive abilities and ...

Researchers have shown that plumes of wildfire smoke can carry contaminants hundreds of kilometers, leaving a toxic and ...

Rock and dust samples retrieved by NASA from the asteroid Bennu exhibit some of the chemical building blocks of life, ...

NASA's Osiris-Rex mission reveals vital chemical compounds in Bennu asteroid dust, including organic molecules essential for life, supporting the theory that asteroids may have delivered life's ...

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

In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-metre-wide asteroid 320 ...

Scientists said they didn’t find evidence of life on Bennu, but they did find evidence of the building blocks of life.

Samples contain all five nucleobases of DNA and RNA, supporting theory that asteroids may have seeded Earth with life's ...

Discover how samples from asteroid Bennu reveal that humans and all life on Earth may be made of stardust, supporting the theory of life's cosmic origins.

Tim Duignan looks at how AI accelerated simulation will transform chemical engineering, freeing chemical engineers up to ...