The most significant molecules found are ethylene glycol and glyconitrize—both of which are ingredients for compounds in DNA ...

One of the most exciting places to study resilient microbes, that survive without sunlight, is Europa, a moon of Jupiter, ...

Up to 200 worlds investigated by NASA's exoplanet-hunting TESS satellite could be bigger than predicted, a finding that could ...

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute have discovered complex organic molecules, precursors to life, in space, challenging previous assumptions about life's origins.

New samples from asteroid Bennu taken by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft could suggest that the conditions for life are not unique to Earth, according to NASA. Skip Navigation. Share on Facebook; ...

This raises questions about how and why life on Earth "turned left" in its amino acid preference. NASA launched the OSIRIS-REx mission to asteroid Bennu in 2016 to gain insights into the early ...

Lurking inside an asteroid: life’s ingredients Our solar system contains planets, dwarf planets, asteroids and comets — but only one world is known to harbor life.

One of these lumps became the asteroid Bennu whose minerals, recently returned to Earth by the US robot space probe OSIRIS-REx, have now been found to contain rich levels of complex chemicals that are ...

In 2023, samples from the asteroid Benu were returned to Earth for scientists to study. Researchers have spent more than *** year studying the hall of pebbles and dust.

Ancient glaciers reshaped Earth’s surface and shifted ocean chemistry, fueling the rise of complex life, a new study found. Calved icebergs from the Twin Glaciers are seen in 2013 off Greenland ...

In other words, the sample contains a wealth of material showing that critical ingredients for life as we know it exist on a space rock roughly the same age as Earth. The only thing missing, it ...

TEMPLE, Texas — New samples from an asteroid could suggest that the conditions for life are not unique to Earth, according to NASA. NASA stated that studies of rock and dust from asteroid Bennu ...