A scoop of dust from an ancient time capsule hurtling through space has forced a rethink of how inert matter became all that ...

When NASA launched a spacecraft to an asteroid, scientists patiently waited for their chance to look at bits of the space ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission delivered samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing crucial molecules linked to life, including amino ...

Scientists from NASA and other institutions reported the findings of the first in-depth analysis of the minerals and ...

The Bennu samples contain 14 of the 20 amino acids that are essential for life on Earth to build proteins. Also found were ...

Rock and dust samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu contain organic matter and a variety of minerals crucial to the emergence of life ...

Generative AI has radically transformed digital creation. AI image generators can produce pictures from just a few words in a prompt, and it's becoming easier than ever to find and use these programs.

The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every ...

Early analysis of asteroid samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission show the residue of an icy brine, and a soup of amino acids ...