Understanding where Earth's essential elements came from—and why some are missing—has long puzzled scientists. Now, a new ...

Learn about the new perspective on Earth's reduction of moderately volatile elements, a discovery made possible by meteorites ...

Scientists have long debated why Earth and Mars lack certain essential elements. A new study reveals that these missing ...

This photo of asteroid Bennu is composed of 12 Polycam images collected on Dec. 2, 2024, by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. NASA A ...

Researchers found How Violent Events During Earth's Formation Led to the Scarcity of Moderately Volatile Elements (MVE) Like ...

The asteroid Bennu has provided groundbreaking insights into the chemistry that may have set the stage for life in the early ...

Japanese scientists detected all five nucleobases — building blocks of DNA and RNA — in samples returned from asteroid Bennu ...

The Bennu samples contain 14 of the 20 amino acids that are essential for life on Earth to build proteins. Also found were ...

The building blocks of life have been found on an alien asteroid, scientists have said. Samples taken by Nasa from the ...

Early analysis of asteroid samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission show the residue of an icy brine, and a soup of amino acids ...