Scientists from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission recently delivered remarkable findings about asteroid ...

But Bennu bucked the trend. The team found equal parts left-handedness and right-handedness in their OSIRIS-REx samples, referred to as a "racemic" mixture. "I have to admit, I was a little ...

OSIRIS-REx's touchdown brought humanity closer to ... is ‘bad and unfulfilling’ — 3 tips to turn it around if he’s right about you ...

Early analysis of asteroid samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission show the residue of an icy brine, and a soup of amino acids ...

It wouldn't have been limited to just Earth. Ali Rogin (voice-over): The Osiris Rex spacecraft, now called Osiris Apex, which collected this extraordinary sample, is now aiming at a new target.

Bennu samples brought back by a University of Arizona-led space mission contain the key ingredients of life and signs of the stew needed to mix them.

When exposed to formaldehyde, which was also detected, ammonia can form amino acids, the building blocks of proteins.

Findings from missions like Rosetta, Hayabusa2, and Osiris-Rex reveal that these compounds existed long before the Sun formed. Scientists believe organic molecules survived planetary formation in ...

The sample, which the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collected from the asteroid Bennu and ... While the existence of these minerals on Bennu is a sure indication that the asteroid had the right ingredients ...

The asteroid in question, named Bennu, was the focus of a very dreamy NASA mission called OSIRIS-REx that launched in 2016 ... that pretty much all of them suggest the asteroid had the right ...