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The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth. CAPE CANAVERAL, ...

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Samples from asteroid Bennu have delivered insights into the origins of Earth’s water and the organic molecules that may have ...

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Samples of asteroid Bennu contain molecules that suggest the "conditions necessary for life" were widespread across the early ...

The four American astronauts aboard the ISS, including the Boeing Starliner crew, spoke to USA TODAY in an exclusive interview Tuesday.

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