The meteor fragments returned by OSIRIS-REx shed light on the entwined history of water and the chemical ingredients of life in the solar system.

The latest discovery, unveiled by the NASA on January 29, came as a bit of a surprise and posed many exciting questions such ...

Samples from asteroid Bennu have delivered insights into the origins of Earth’s water and the organic molecules that may have ...

NASA’s Bennu asteroid sample provides fresh insights into the potential for life beyond Earth, revealing key organic compounds and minerals.

Scientists studying samples that NASA collected from the asteroid Bennu found a wide assortment of organic molecules that ...

Japan tries to rescue man stuck in sinkhole. Here's what's going on.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — 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.

Asteroid Bennu seems to have come from a long-lost world on the fringes of the solar system, where saltwater pooled and dried ...

Samples of asteroid Bennu contain molecules that suggest the "conditions necessary for life" were widespread across the early ...

Pristine samples from asteroid Bennu contain “basic building blocks” for life, offering new insights. The samples suggest ...

Japanese scientists detected all five nucleobases — building blocks of DNA and RNA — in samples returned from asteroid Bennu ...

Studies of asteroid Bennu delivered to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft have revealed molecules that, on our planet, are key to life.