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

Scientists discovered ribose — in addition to “all five nucleobases used to construct both DNA and RNA” — on asteroid Bennu, ...

"I'm becoming much more optimistic that we may be able to find life beyond Earth, even in our own solar system." ...

Several sugars have been found on a sample of the asteroid Bennu, which may provide scientists with clues about our early ...

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

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

Two asteroids are set for safe flybys near Earth, reassuring the public that no threat exists. NASA emphasizes these events ...

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impacted the 'moonlet' Dimorphos in the Didymos asteroid system. NASA's Hubble ...

Elisha Sauers writes about space for Mashable, taking deep dives into NASA's moon and Mars missions, chatting up astronauts ...

NASA has unveiled a series of new discoveries that make the possibility of alien life elsewhere in the universe more ...

Asteroid 2024 DW flew about 139,000 miles (224,000 km) away from Earth. The space rock was estimated to be about 43 feet wide ...

These images mark an early milestone in the mission, confirming that OSIRIS-APEX is healthy and on course for its 2029 ...