Scientists have discovered numerous organic compounds in samples from the asteroid Bennu, including key amino acids and the ...

Scientists discovered numerous organic compounds in samples from the asteroid Bennu, including key amino acids, DNA, and RNA.

Scientists say the “building blocks for life” have been found inside the rubble of a 500-metre-wide asteroid in a breakthrough study.

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

Nasa said that the findings do not show evidence for life itself, but they do suggest the conditions necessary for the emergence of life were widespread across the early solar system.

Samples returned from an asteroid contain a surprising abundance of the basic ingredients of life. They were discovered to be ...

Discover how samples from asteroid Bennu reveal that humans and all life on Earth may be made of stardust, supporting the theory of life's cosmic origins.

Japanese scientists detected all five nucleobases — building blocks of DNA and RNA — in samples returned from asteroid Bennu ...

NASA's Osiris-Rex mission reveals vital chemical compounds in Bennu asteroid dust, including organic molecules essential for life, supporting the theory that asteroids may have delivered life's ...

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

Scientists from NASA and other institutions who have been analyzing the Bennu asteroid sample that returned to Earth last ...

Analyzing a sample from an asteroid named Bennu reveals the chemicals necessary to form DNA and RNA.