One leading theory on the origins of life on Earth proposes that simple chemical molecules gradually became more complex, ...

Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...

"The detection of these key building blocks of life in the Bennu samples supports the theory that asteroids and their ...

In samples NASA brought back from the asteroid Bennu, scientists have discovered of organic compounds, including key building ...

Samples of matter returned from the asteroid Bennu support the theory that asteroids could have brought the building blocks ...

Scientists detected all five nucleobases -- building blocks of DNA and RNA -- in samples returned from asteroid Bennu by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission.

"The detection of these key building blocks of life in the Bennu samples supports the theory that asteroids and their fragments seeded the early Earth with the raw ingredients that led to the ...

Fragments of the asteroid Bennu, carefully collected and ferried to Earth by a robotic spacecraft, contain the building blocks for life, NASA announced today. NASA ‘fist bumps’ an asteroid to ...

Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter ... asteroid contained many of the chemical building blocks of life, such as amino acids and ...

Two science teams pored over samples from the B-type asteroid Bennu, finding chemicals linked to the beginnings of life and ...