Learn about the molecules and materials found in samples of asteroid Bennu, including sugars, space gum, and an abundance of ...

The Bennu asteroid, a space rock not too far from Earth that is rich in carbon, continues to be a trove of information for ...

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

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

Scientists have revealed that asteroid Bennu is teeming with essential life molecules like ribose and glucose, significantly ...

"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 ...

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

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

Researchers say the latest discovery is particularly significant because tryptophan has never before been detected in ...

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

Bennu asteroid samples returned by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission reveal life's building blocks, including sugars like ribose and ...