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.
When exposed to formaldehyde, which was also detected, ammonia can form amino acids, the building blocks of proteins. According to the study in Nature Astronom y, the team also found 14 of the 20 ...
Asteroid Bennu seems to have come from a long-lost world on the fringes of the solar system, where saltwater pooled and dried ...
Precise curation was necessary to discover that the Bennu asteroid sample contains building blocks of life on Earth.Long ...
In other words, Bennu's samples provide further evidence that life's building blocks formed early in the solar system and ...
Scientists have found all five nucelobases alongisde minerals essential for life as we know it on the potentially hazardous ...
OSIRIS-REx's touchdown brought humanity closer to the stars, but the journey was anything but easy. Dive into the drama and success of NASA's boldest mission yet! More for You ...
Houston Texans running back Joe Mixon fired back at disparaging comments made by former NFL head coach Rex Ryan following a 32-12 win over the Los Angeles Chargers in the Wild Card round of the ...
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Former NFL football head coach Rex Ryan speaks on Day 3 of the NFL football draft in Nashville, Tenn., April ...