A NASA spacecraft has returned asteroid samples that hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty ...
Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...
Samples of Bennu were brought back to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in 2023. Now, a pair of newly published papers ...
Two new studies show a briny, carbon-rich environment on the parent body of the Bennu asteroid was suitable for assembling ...