Scientists have found all five nucelobases alongisde minerals essential for life as we know it on the potentially hazardous ...

Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient water world, scientists reported Wednesday.

All forms of Earth life have specific chemicals in their makeup, such as amino acids and sugars. Scientists have known that ...

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

The building blocks for life, including salts, organic matter and amino acids have been found in samples returned to Earth ...

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

A new analysis of samples from the asteroid Bennu, NASA’s first asteroid sample captured in space and delivered to Earth, reveals that evaporated water left a briny broth where salts and minerals ...