Studying samples from the Bennu asteroid, researchers have found sugars essential for biology, stardust and ... something ...

How life began on Earth is one of the biggest remaining questions in science. Now, NASA has taken a major step towards ...

When a capsule of asteroid dust from Bennu parachuted into the Utah desert, scientists hoped it might carry clues to how ...

Some of the oldest objects in the solar system still drift above your head. Asteroids and comets formed before Earth took ...

Early this year, a surprise space rock made headlines around the globe when the International Asteroid Warning Network sounded its highest alarm since its creation in 2013. Threat levels for the newly ...

Increased Launch Capacity: Both SpaceX and Blue Origin are pushing the boundaries of how much payload can be sent into orbit.

Talk about a sugar rush! NASA may have just come a little closer to cracking one of science’s most enduring mysteries — how ...

Samples collected from the asteroid Bennu are continuing the shed light on the origins of the solar system and how life ...

Bennu is believed to have originated from the shards of a much larger world. Curiously, asteroid Ryugu, sampled by the ...

How Did Life Happen? NASA Says It Found Tantalizing Clues on Asteroid Bennu ...

An essential amino acid that is mistakenly believed to cause drowsiness after eating turkey has been found in an asteroid for the first time, giving scientists clues to the origin of life on Earth.