The nitrogen in the gum was found to be in nitrogen heterocycles, which are the building blocks of nucleobases in DNA and RNA ...

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's name has been changed to OSIRIS-APEX for its new mission to asteroid Apophis. See its journey to ...

NASA Planetary Scientist Noah Petro dishes on what it took plan the impressive touch-and-go return mission, why much of the ...

Scientists studying samples from the Bennu asteroid located not too far from Earth continue to find clues as to how life ...

When NASA scientists opened the sample return canister from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample mission in late 2023, they found something astonishing. Dust and rock collected from the asteroid Bennu ...

Studying samples from the Bennu asteroid, researchers have found sugars essential for biology, stardust and ... something ...

Bennu samples reveal biological sugars, a strange, gum-like material, and ancient stardust that shed light on the early solar ...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is officially confirmed for NCMA Nexus Mission Days, bringing direct insight from the agency driving some of the most ambitious missions in ...

It’s been hypothesized for decades that life on Earth may not have been as “homegrown” as one might think and now, we’re ...

The University of Arizona’s Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium turns 50 Saturday, December 13, offering free admission ...

Officials issued an arrest warrant for Zachary McCague, according to the Williams County Sheriff’s Office.

Reba McEntire is smitten with her fiancé, actor Rex Linn, if her touching birthday tribute to the 69-year-old is anything to go by. The country icon took to Instagram to share a sweet message on Rex's ...