In research papers published Wednesday in the journals Nature and Nature Astronomy, scientists from NASA and other institutions shared results of the first in-depth analyses of the minerals and ...

Scientists from NASA and other institutions published the results of their analyses of the asteroid in the journals Nature and Nature Astronomy on Wednesday, Jan. 29. In the published paper ...

In research papers published Wednesday in the journals Nature and Nature Astronomy, scientists from NASA and other institutions shared results of the first in-depth analyses of the minerals and ...

In a report released in October 2022, the American Astronomical Society (ASS) likened the impact of megaconstellations on astronomy to ... life on the planet. In a paper published in May 2021 ...

The Nature Astronomy paper reports that Bennu contains 14 of the 20 amino acids essential for life on Earth, along with all five nucleobases that form DNA and RNA. The samples also included ammonia ...

The findings, published today in two papers in Nature and Nature Astronomy, suggest that Bennu originated from an ancient wet world, possibly from the icy regions beyond Saturn. These discoveries shed ...

and Chile has risen to 12th place globally in astronomy paper citations per year, a striking number considering its size and gross domestic product. Outside of astronomy, hosting Earth’s ...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Studies of rock and dust from asteroid Bennu delivered to Earth by NASA's OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and ...