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 ...

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

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.

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 ...

Analyses of rock and dust samples from the asteroid Bennu collected and brought to Earth by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft show ...

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

We like to think that all the food we eat is natural, healthy, and good for us, but, in reality, we also all know that this isn’t always true. Sometimes, our favorite foods are not as pure and ...

In samples NASA brought back from the asteroid Bennu, scientists have discovered of organic compounds, including key building ...

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

The minerals McCoy’s team identified paint a picture of one possible environment present on rocky celestial bodies 4.5 billion years ago. The presence of evaporites means that sodium-rich water once ...

This artist’s concept shows NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft descending towards asteroid Bennu to collect a sample of the ...