Scientists studying samples from the Bennu asteroid located not too far from Earth continue to find clues as to how life ...

NASA revealed that scientists discovered sugars that are “essential” to life and a “gum-like” substance on the space rock ...

Elisha Sauers writes about space for Mashable, taking deep dives into NASA's moon and Mars missions, chatting up astronauts ...

Could a dusty rock hurtling through space hold the recipe for life? NASA’s latest analysis of asteroid Bennu’s pristine ...

Talk about a sugar rush! NASA may have just come a little closer to cracking one of science’s most enduring mysteries — how ...

How Did Life Happen? NASA Says It Found Tantalizing Clues on Asteroid Bennu ...

Bennu is believed to have originated from the shards of a much larger world. Curiously, asteroid Ryugu, sampled by the ...

An early analysis of a sample collected from the asteroid Bennu suggests that the space rock had an unexpectedly water-rich past — and it may have even splintered off from an ancient ocean world. The ...

“Our findings expand the evidence that prebiotic organic molecules can form within primitive accreting planetary bodies and ...

A pristine asteroid sample that could serve as a time capsule from the early days of our solar system has finally been revealed. The rocks and dust contain water and a large amount of carbon, said ...

An essential amino acid that is mistakenly believed to cause drowsiness after eating turkey has been found in an asteroid for the first time, giving scientists clues to the origin of life on Earth.

Asteroid Bennu samples contain life-friendly sugars, a strange "space-gum," and ancient stardust ...