An essential amino acid that is mistakenly believed to cause drowsiness after eating turkey has been found in an asteroid for ...

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

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

New research announced by NASA on Tuesday details a bevy of exciting discoveries from asteroid dust that could provide clues ...

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

NASA’s Bennu samples have revealed an unexpected mix of sugars, sticky 'gum-like' material and ancient stardust. Scientists ...

With a 4% chance of hitting the moon in 2032, an asteroid named YR4’s potential collision course is being monitored by NASA.

Bennu asteroid samples returned by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission reveal life's building blocks, including sugars like ribose and ...

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

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.

An Australian startup wants to recycle a geostationary satellite to get an up-close look at the "doomsday" asteroid Apophis.

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