Bennu samples reveal biological sugars, a strange, gum-like material, and ancient stardust that shed light on the early solar ...

Sugars, including glucose and materials for the genetic molecule ribonucleic acid (RNA), have been discovered in samples ...

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

The space agency has reportedly discovered life-giving essential sugars on the asteroid Bennu, a 500-meter-wide rock hurtling ...

We knew from prior analyses that a distant asteroid sampled in 2020 carried all but one of the molecules needed to kick-start ...

The asteroid Bennu continues to provide new clues to scientists' biggest questions about the formation of the early solar ...

Samples retrieved from asteroid Bennu by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission in September 2023 have yielded a surprising treasure trove ...

Recent studies of asteroid Bennu samples, returned to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, have revealed surprising compounds that could inform our understanding of the early solar system and the ...

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

We have long struggled to determine how the first living organisms on Earth came together. Now, surprising evidence hints ...

Scientists analyzing samples from asteroid Bennu have discovered sugars, mysterious space polymers, and dust from exploded ...

The finding supports the theory that asteroids could have delivered the necessary components for life to begin on Earth and ...