"I'm becoming much more optimistic that we may be able to find life beyond Earth, even in our own solar system." ...

Right here on Earth are some outstanding examples of meteorite and asteroid impact craters and other visible impact ...

These images mark an early milestone in the mission, confirming that OSIRIS-APEX is healthy and on course for its 2029 ...

One of the most elegant theories about the origins of life on our planet is that it was kick-started by a delivery from outer ...

Samples collected from the asteroid Bennu are continuing the shed light on the origins of the solar system and how life ...

The finding supports the theory that asteroids could have delivered the necessary components for life to begin on Earth and ...

Elisha Sauers writes about space for Mashable, taking deep dives into NASA's moon and Mars missions, chatting up astronauts ...

The asteroid Bennu continues to provide new clues to scientists' biggest questions about the formation of the early solar ...

Asteroid Bennu's sample delivered a shock: ribose and glucose were found, confirming the widespread presence of life's fundamental building blocks in the early Solar System.

Scientists led by Yoshihiro Furukawa of Tohoku University in Japan found sugars essential for biology on Earth in the Bennu ...

NASA has found sugars essential for life on Earth in samples of the 4.6 billion-year-old Bennu asteroid. Scientists ...

The asteroid, known as 2022 RD2, belongs to a rare class of space rocks called Arjunas. These objects travel around the sun ...