Understanding where Earth's essential elements came from—and why some are missing—has long puzzled scientists. Now, a new ...

Earth received water toward the final stages of its formation. This reshapes understanding of the conditions needed for life.

In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-meter-wide asteroid 320 million kilometers from Earth.

Water, one of the essential ingredients for life on Earth, did not appear on the planet until after the moon-forming event, a new study claims ...

The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ...

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

The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ...

When you find a strange looking rock in the desert, it’s likely worth having some experts take a proper look at it, just like in this case.

Pristine samples of the asteroid Bennu transported to Earth contain the "basic building blocks" for life, shedding new light ...

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

A team of scientists discovered that the near-Earth asteroid, known as Bennu, contains a wealth of minerals and organic molecules, including many that are building blocks of life. But what has the 4.5 ...