The chemical makeup of mineral inclusions preserved in impact glass hints at the site of a missing impact crater.

When exposed to formaldehyde, which was also detected, ammonia can form amino acids, the building blocks of proteins. According to the study in Nature Astronom y, the team also found 14 of the 20 ...

Upheaval Dome is a giant rock formation in southeastern Utah with two potential origin stories, although most scientists ...

When asteroids like Bennu hit the young Earth, they could have provided a complete package of complex molecules and the ...

Samples from the asteroid Bennu contain the building blocks of life as we know it. Scientists are enthusiastic.

Scientists found that asteroid Bennu contained a set of salty mineral deposits that formed in an exact sequence when a brine evaporated, leaving clues about the type of water that flowed billions of ...

This photo of asteroid Bennu is composed of 12 Polycam images collected on Dec. 2, 2024, by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. NASA A ...

Two new studies show a briny, carbon-rich environment on the parent body of the Bennu asteroid was suitable for assembling ...

When asteroids like Bennu hit the young Earth, they could have provided a complete package of complex molecules and the ...

Highlighting the BRLW Meteorite Damast’s bevy of high-end materials is a blade steel element from outer freakin’ space.

Two new papers describe hints to a brine-filled environment on the 4.5-billion-year-old space rock and the presence of amino ...

Material retrieved from the asteroid Bennu by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft shows that all the basic building blocks of life ...