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

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

Scientists have found all five nucelobases alongisde minerals essential for life as we know it on the potentially hazardous ...

Scientists detected all five nucleobases -- building blocks of DNA and RNA -- in samples returned from asteroid Bennu by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission.

NASA scientists found amino acids, key minerals, and nucleobases for DNA in samples from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission.

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

Early analysis of asteroid samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission show the residue of an icy brine, and a soup of amino acids ...

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

The building blocks for life, including salts, organic matter and amino acids have been found in samples returned to Earth ...

"It was likely a key chemical building block through the formation of amino acids and nucleobases and, again, the genetic components of DNA and RNA." Perhaps Fox summed it up best: "The OSIRIS REx ...

Bennu’s highly unlikely impact with Earth—which could happen in 157 years—could cause a global winter and drought, modeling ...