Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...

Scientists have been unable to determine whether the dwarf planet’s organics were produced by its own chemical processes or ...

The building blocks of life could have been delivered to Ceres by one or more space rocks from the outer asteroid belt.

Rock and dust samples retrieved by NASA from the asteroid Bennu exhibit some of the chemical building blocks of life, ...

The findings shed light on how proteins like collagen may survive for millions of years within dinosaur bones.

NASA’s Bennu asteroid sample provides fresh insights into the potential for life beyond Earth, revealing key organic compounds and minerals.