There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 of them on an asteroid millions of miles away. The asteroid in question, ...

Samples of Bennu were brought back to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in 2023. Now, a pair of newly published papers ...

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

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission successfully returned samples ... along with ammonia and nucleobases crucial for DNA and RNA. Despite having the building blocks for life, Bennu did not develop life ...

Scientists have finally had a close look at the rubble collected by a spacecraft from the asteroid Bennu. Here's what they found inside and what it could tell us about the origin of life on Earth.

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft returned triumphantly to Earth ... as well as the five nucleobases that make up RNA and DNA. The team also found a surprising amount of ammonia, which reacts with ...

RNA carries genetic information it receives ... ago," said astrobiologist and study co-author Jason Dworkin, the OSIRIS-REx project scientist. The Bennu organic compounds all have been identified ...

Samples contain all five nucleobases of DNA and RNA, supporting theory that asteroids may have seeded Earth with life's essential ingredients.

Rock and dust samples from the Bennu asteroid contain molecules that are the "key to life" on Earth, NASA officials announced on Wednesday.

"It was likely a key chemical building block through the formation of amino acids and nucleobases and, again, the genetic components of DNA and RNA." Perhaps Fox summed it up best: "The OSIRIS REx ...

NASA's asteroid samples contain organic compounds and minerals that may have seeded early Earth with life's building blocks.