The origins of life on our planet remains one of science’s great mysteries. Now, a NASA mission that brought a piece of an ...

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NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 ...

Dust and other debris would rise into the atmosphere on Bennu striking Earth, blocking out the Sun and cooling the planet to ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission has an historic opportunity to closely observe the asteroid Apophis and improve our ability to ...

Scientists from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission recently delivered remarkable findings about asteroid ...

The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023, and these studies show that it contains amino ...

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

The asteroid sampling mission was first conceived at the university ... Resource Identification and Security Regolith Explorer, OSIRIS-REx was launched in 2016 and briefly touched down on Bennu ...

The asteroid Bennu has provided groundbreaking insights into the chemistry that may have set the stage for life in the early ...