The meteor fragments returned by OSIRIS-REx shed light on the entwined history of water and the chemical ingredients of life in the solar system.

The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth. CAPE CANAVERAL, ...

Samples from asteroid Bennu have delivered insights into the origins of Earth’s water and the organic molecules that may have ...

Scientists have discovered traces of organic compounds in asteroid samples brought back by NASA, a finding that could suggest ...

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

The findings suggest Bennu's parent was once home to pockets of liquid water. When these evaporated, they left behind a ...

The launch, which took place at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1:11 am EST, sent the spacecraft on separate trajectories towards Earth's celestial ... lunar soil samples and capture ...

In 2023, YouTube Music rolled out the “Samples” feed as a “personalized music discovery feature,” and it’s now accessible from artist pages. Samples, which is the app’s second tab ...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has planned two new strategies to bring crucial samples from Mars to Earth, aiming for a return by the 2030s. These proposals offer ...

The sample extended so deep that scientists reached the bedrock beneath it. The ice core spans at least 1.2 million years of Earth’s climate history. Air bubbles and particles trapped inside the ...

Nasa has unveiled a revised plan to bring samples from the surface of Mars back to Earth. The space agency has announced it would be pursuing two potential options, both costing around $7billion, to ...