A scoop of dust from an ancient time capsule hurtling through space has forced a rethink of how inert matter became all that ...
Where the astronauts sat in the Apollo Lunar Module may have profoundly impacted the way the experience of walking on the ...
The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023, and these studies show that it contains amino ...
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission delivered samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing crucial molecules linked to life, including amino acids and nucleobases found in DNA and RNA. The presence of ammonia and ...
Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient ...
Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient ...
HEMPHILL, Texas (KTRE) - It’s been 22 years since space shuttle Columbia broke apart across the skies of East Texas. Many ...
When exposed to formaldehyde, which was also detected, ammonia can form amino acids, the building blocks of proteins.
Studies of asteroid Bennu delivered to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft have revealed molecules that, on our planet, are key to life.
The discovery is a capstone achievement for NASA, which went to great lengths to secure and deliver asteroid samples from ...