NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission uncovered a cosmic connection between asteroid Bennu and Earth’s Searles Lake. Both contain minerals formed by evaporating salty water, hinting that Bennu’s parent body once ...

Since the “Saharan Gold Rush” in the 1990s, one researcher has been fighting for the North African country’s contributions to ...

Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

The asteroid Bennu has provided groundbreaking insights into the chemistry that may have set the stage for life in the early ...

Esplora Interactive Science Centre officially launched its highly anticipated Moonfall: The Rare Lunar Legacy exhibition today. The temporary exhibition, open to the public on 7th February until the ...

Rock and dust samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu contain organic matter and a variety of minerals crucial to the emergence of life ...

UNLV-led research details early insights from NASA’s Perseverance rover; Specimens due back on Earth in the 2030s.

A NASA mission collected the sample and brought it back in 2023, and scientists have found traces of ancient brine that contains minerals that are the raw ingredients of life.

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

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

Scientists say America is no longer the only place with a Grand Canyon as NASA spots two enormous chasms carved into the ...

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