The Bennu samples contain 14 of the 20 amino acids that are essential for life on Earth to build proteins. Also found were ...
New AI research suggests organic molecules on Ceres likely originated from asteroid impacts, not internal activity.
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission delivered samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing crucial molecules linked to life, including amino acids and nucleobases found in DNA and RNA. The presence of ammonia and ...
On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...
In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-meter-wide asteroid 320 million kilometers from Earth.
The Juno mission has detected exceptionally intense volcanic activity on Io, one of Jupiter's moons. Scientists from NASA's ...
The risk of impact is likely to drop to zero as observations of Asteroid 2024 YR4 continue.
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale ...
This week, explore what lurks in asteroid dust, marvel at the world’s largest beaded burial, discover an elusive creature ...
Scientists from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission recently delivered remarkable findings about asteroid ...