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

Researchers say the latest discovery is particularly significant because tryptophan has never before been detected in ...

Scientists analyzing samples from asteroid Bennu have discovered sugars, mysterious space polymers, and dust from exploded ...

A new analysis of samples returned from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu has revealed a rich collection of organic molecules, ...

We knew from prior analyses that a distant asteroid sampled in 2020 carried all but one of the molecules needed to kick-start ...

“Our findings expand the evidence that prebiotic organic molecules can form within primitive accreting planetary bodies and ...

For the first time, tryptophan, which is an essential amino acid, has been identified in extraterrestrial material.

An essential amino acid that is mistakenly believed to cause drowsiness after eating turkey has been found in an asteroid for the first time, giving scientists clues to the origin of life on Earth.

Jose Aponte, an astrochemist in the Astrobiology Analytical Laboratory at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and co-author of ...

NEW YORK -- An asteroid NASA's been tracking for nearly 25 years could impact Earth in the future, a new report reveals. First discovered in 1999, Bennu, the near-Earth asteroid, could possibly drift ...