NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale ...

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

Pristine samples of the asteroid Bennu transported to Earth contain the "basic building blocks" for life, shedding new light on the perennial question of how life began on our planet.

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